Serfdom and Markets. The economic world of the Bohemian serf in estate of Friedland (1383-1692) Sheilagh Ogilvie Peasants are widely believed to lack the concepts of cost and profit, and to abhor markets, money and gain. Slow economic growth is then ascribed to «peasant culture ». Where peasants behave differently, they are assumed to inhabit «advanced » and «individualistic » cultural enclaves. This paper investigates a peasant economy with no claim to be «advanced » : Bohemia under serfdom. Court records show that Bohemian peasants employed standard economic concepts, transacted in markets, used money, and sought economic gain. This pushes the boundaries of modern economic culture further east than usually assumed, and questions the usefu...
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This is a paper on the economy of Cistercian monasteries of Bohemia before 1250. Most of the Cisterc...
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