Record Nr.

UNINA9910822998803321

Autore

Petráček Tomáš

Titolo

Power and exploitation in the Czech lands in the 10th-12th centuries : a Central European perspective / / by Tomas Petracek ; translated by Sean Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Nijhoff, , 2017
©2017

ISBN

90-04-33149-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, , 1872-8103 ; ; Volume 40

Disciplina

306.362094371

Soggetti

Serfdom - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Slavery - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Serfs - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Social status - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Social classes - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Power (Social sciences) - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Land tenure - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500

Bohemia (Czech Republic) Social conditions

Bohemia (Czech Republic) History To 1526

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Fenomén darovaných lidí v českých zemích 11.-12. století : k poznání hospodářských a sociálních dějin českých zemí doby knížecí. Praha, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Overview of the Research -- Donated People in Social and Economic Contexts -- Free Strata of the Agricultural Population -- Donated People and the Economy of the Přemyslid State -- Bohemian Society in a Central European Context -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Donated People in the Written Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Power and Exploitation in the Czech Lands in the 10th-12th Centuries: A Central European Perspective offers a unique analysis of the history of early medieval Czech society. It draws new attention to the role of

serfdom and slavery in the early period of the Přemyslid dynasty in the Czech lands, and the organization of land and property access and ownership. The provocative conclusions reached by the author in this study shed new light on the oldest period of Czech history. Petráček analyses these issues comparatively, also taking into account Poland and Hungary; this is an approach unique to this book.