Were the Towns in the Easternmost Part of Galicia Really Towns at the End of the Eighteenth Century? Cover Image

Czy u schyłku XVIII wieku miasta leżące w najdalej na wschód wysuniętej części Galicji rzeczywiście były miastami?
Were the Towns in the Easternmost Part of Galicia Really Towns at the End of the Eighteenth Century?

Author(s): Krzysztof Ślusarek
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, Rural and urban sociology, 18th Century, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Galicia; towns; burghers; urban economy; urban agrarianisation.

Summary/Abstract: The last quarter of the eighteenth century was a time of substantial reforms of the political system in Galicia. The most important of these concerned, among other matters, the legal position of the peasantry, nobility and clergy, the organisation of the administrative and fiscal apparatus, and, above all, the tax collection system. These reforms initiated a process of more profound changes that covered many areas of social, political, and economic life. They also impacted towns which, after several decades, reduced the number of settlements officially recognised as cities or towns.

  • Issue Year: 129/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 659-675
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish