Between the Hoe and the Sword – Robberies in the Area of Valpovo and Miholjac in the First Half of the 18th Century

Na osnovi pisanih povijesnih izvora i dostupne literature, autor analizira život podložničkog stanovništva i razvoj razbojništva u Valpovštini u 18. stoljeću. To je istodobno i analiza međuodnosa između spomenutih aktera s drugim akterima kao što su vlastelin Petar II. Antun Hilleprand von Prandau,vlastelinska uprava i okolišni faktori kao što su šume i močvare. Razbojničke skupine su kroz navedene međuodnose utjecale na gospodarski razvoj vlastelinstva Valpovo koristeći spomenute okolišne faktore.On the basis of written historical sources and available literature, the author analyzes the life of subordination of the population and the development of banditry. It is also an analysis of the relationship between these actors with other actors such as the squire Peter II. Anthony Hilleprand von Prandau manor administration and environmental factors such as forests and wetlands. Bandit groups through these interrelationships affected the economic development of the Valpovo manor using the aforementioned environmental factors