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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
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