Miód w gospodarce komturstwa malborskiego
Honey in the Economy of the Malbork (Marienburg) commandry (Komturei)
Author(s): Wiesław DługokęckiSubject(s): History, Economic history, Social history, Middle Ages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: (forest) bee-keeping; the Middle Ages consumption; The Teutonic Order (The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem)
Summary/Abstract: The objective of the article is to provide information on the production of honey and its significance in the economy of the Malbork Commandry. Honey had been collected inPrussia before the Teutonic Order appeared there according to some sources, which arenot too numerous but quite reliable. In Prussia the Teutonic Order reserved itself the rightto give consent to bee collecting. At the Malbork Castle honey was mainly used to producemead and added to local wine to make it sweeter
Journal: Przegląd Zachodniopomorski
- Issue Year: 31/2016
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 41-52
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish