Serf, seigneur, and sovereign : agrarian reform in eighteenth-century Bohemia / by William E. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, William E. (William Edward), 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--18th century.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [c1966]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a detailed history of the agrarian reforms which took place in Bohemia during the reigns of the Habsburg rulers Maria Theresa, 1740-1780, and Joseph II, 1780-1790.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1 THE BOHEMIAN SERF TO 1740

2 THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM DISCOVERED

3 THE LATER YEARS OF MARIA THERESA

4 THE RAAB SYSTEM

5 JOSEPH II, ROYAL REVOLUTIONARY

6 EXTENSION OF THE RAAB SYSTEM

7 THE HOYER SYSTEM

8 TRIALS AND SUCCESSES IN ROBOTA ABOLITION

9 THE AGRARIAN AND TAX LAW OF 1789

CONCLUSIONS

Appendixes

I: KOSCHUMBERG CONTRACT

II: ABOLITION FOR ZAHORAN (HOYER)

III: ABOLITION FOR DEUTSCHBROD (ERBEN)

IV: PETITION OF SERFS AT LIEBESCHITZ

V: CONTRACT FOR SALE OF SERF-HELD LAND

VI: DOCUMENT DISPOSSESSING SERF FOR POOR HUSBANDRY

VII: BOHEMIAN AND AUSTRIAN MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5893-5

OCLC:

233216169