Źródła do dziejów piotrkowskiego kupiectwa w zasobie Archiwum Państwowego w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
The sources for the history of the Piotrków's commerce in the resources of the State Archives in Piotrków Trybunalski

Summary/Abstract: From the beginnings of the functioning of organized societies, the broadly understood production and trade were developed. Thanks to caravans wandering on the numerous trails, craftsmen sold their products and the merchants supplied the goods ordered. Merchants were also a carrier of information, which was then disseminated from monarchy mansions, and in urban markets ending. The evidence of merchants’ organizations activities are the archival materials, which are collected and preserved in state archives. Among many extremely interesting documents kept in the resources of the State Archive in Piotrków Trybunalski, there is an archival fund of Merchants Guild of the years [1487] 1532-1917, which collects sources related to trade. It is precisely Piotrków, for a very good geographical location, for several hundred years, was an important administrative and judicial center of the First Republic. All of this had an undoubted influence on the development of crafts and trade in Piotrków. This material is intended to provide an overview of the content of this archival fund as well as the presentation of these interesting documents. They are extremely interesting research material, but unfortunately rarely used.

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