An Economic Analysis of the Organization of Serfdom in Eastern Europe
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 42 (3) , 513-548
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700027947
Abstract
The rise of serfdom in the sixteenth century undoubtedly has political explanations, but the form that it took has economic explanations. In particular, it took the form of forced labor on enlarged manorial farms. The economic explanation, buttressed with evidence from the period, is that an enserfed labor force must be watched more than free renters and the watching is best done in a manorial framework. The model is stated formally and its implications compared point-by- point with the voluminous evidence for Poland and neighboring regions.Keywords
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