Social topography and the pitfalls of municipal records – side remarks on Krzysztof Mrozowski’s Przestrzeń i obywatele Starej Warszawy od schyłku XV wieku do 1569 roku, Warsaw, 2020 Cover Image

Socjotopografia a pułapki ksiąg miejskich, czyli uwagi na marginesie pracy Krzysztofa Mrozowskiego Przestrzeń i obywatele Starej Warszawy od schyłku XV wieku do 1569 roku, Warszawa 2020
Social topography and the pitfalls of municipal records – side remarks on Krzysztof Mrozowski’s Przestrzeń i obywatele Starej Warszawy od schyłku XV wieku do 1569 roku, Warsaw, 2020

Author(s): Piotr Łozowski
Subject(s): History, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Social history, Modern Age, 16th Century, Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: social topography;socio-economic history;history of cities;municipal records;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the pitfalls awaiting researchers of social topography in the analysis of data sourced from late medieval and early modern municipal records. It is divided into three sections which concern, respectively, the urban space, sociotopographic analyses, and issues connected to migration. Apart from discussing the pitfalls themselves, the paper also proposes how to avoid them and presents some thus far ignored research opportunities.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 82
  • Page Range: 321-355
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish