Sekularyzacja – Rebelia – Migracja – Innowacja. Różnorodne ekonomiczne skutki reformacji w strefie Bałtyku
Secularisation – Rebellion – Migration – Innovation. Various Economic Effects of the Reformation in the Baltic Sea Region

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with economic and social effects of the Reformation. One of them was secularisation, i.e. the transformation of the ecclesiastical estates into new latifundia (German: Territorien), and similarly enlarging rulers’ domains and landed estates of the gentry. In towns the ideas of the Reformation were well received and provoked social revolts and demands for the right to vote. Migrations, especially of the Dutch Mennonites and Calvinists, brought about an innovation jump in the sphere of agriculture, crafts, trade and art. The supranational culture that started to flourish may be called ‘Netherlandisation of the Baltic Sea Region’.

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