The Historical Distinctiveness of Central Europe
A Study in the Philosophy of History
Krzysztof Brzechczyn author Klara Naszkowska translator Anna Wolff-Powęska editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Peter Lang AG
Published:29th May '20
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The aim of this book is to explain economic dualism in the history of modern Europe. The emergence of the manorial-serf economy in the Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary in the 16th and the 17th centuries was the result of a cumulative impact of various circumstantial factors. The weakness of cities in Central Europe disturbed the social balance – so characteristic for Western-European societies – between burghers and the nobility. The political dominance of the nobility hampered the development of cities and limited the influence of burghers, paving the way to the rise of serfdom and manorial farms. These processes were accompanied by increased demand for agricultural products in Western Europe
ISBN: 9783631809907
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Weight: 576g
394 pages
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