Considerations Regarding the State of the 18th Century Peasants’ Agriculture in the Transylvanian Plain Reflected in the Documents of the Time Cover Image

Consideraţii privind starea agriculturii ţărăneşti din Câmpia Transilvaniei în secolul al XVIII-lea oglindită în documentele vremii
Considerations Regarding the State of the 18th Century Peasants’ Agriculture in the Transylvanian Plain Reflected in the Documents of the Time

Author(s): Ioan Chiorean
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Gheorghe Şincai al Academiei Române
Keywords: 18th Century; Transylvanian Plain; peasants’ agriculture; “granary of Transylvania”

Summary/Abstract: If we establish a number of 19 sub-zones in the Transylvanian Plain depending on the geographical situation of the localities, they can be grouped according to quality of the soil in the Western part of the Plain, with a fertile soil, and the Eastern part, less fertile. The cultivated land, with the exception of a small number of localities (8 villages with a “mediocre” and “poor” soil, and 2 localities with a “poor” soil), was generally favorable to the cultivation of the plants known in Transylvania. It is not by chance that the Plain was called the “granary of Transylvania”.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 257-265
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian