Serviciile de cărăușie în Sibiul premodern
Carriage Services in Sibiu in Pre-Modern Times

Summary/Abstract: The transportation, and with them the communications, operated by the town hall were carried out mainly in the framework of the town's obligations towards the state. Given the increased demand with the formation of the Principality of Transylvania, the transportation developed in a service with its own infrastructure, accompanied also by production activities. The article highlights the factors that have contributed to the transformation of carriage services into a distinct area, individualized at the level of local administration and not related to the commercial activities, respectively how the town hall began to behave as the main transportation operator in the municipality, owning the biggest fleet of vehicles in the area. We will try to answer the question: to what extent and in which terms can we speak about the emergence of a new professional category, that of the „professional” carmen. Our investigation is based on the records of the town officials for the settlement of the transport expenses and the services adjacent to the buying and maintenance of the vehicles.

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