Mats Olsson
Head of the Department of Economic History, Professor
Manorial economy and corvee labour in southern Sweden 1650-1850
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Summary, in English
This essay is an inquiry into manorial production in Scania. Its growth was dependent on the long-term development of European grain prices. When prices increased landlords were encouraged to put more land under the plough. The estates' main income came, to an increasing extent, from demesne production, which finally dominated the income profile. The peasants' most important contribution to the landlords became, in most cases, their corvee labour, and their uncertain tenure rights were illustrated with great clarity in the continuing evictions, which were accelerated in the nineteenth century with the aim of expanding the demesne.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
Publishing year
2006
Language
English
Pages
481-497
Publication/Series
Economic History Review
Volume
59
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Economic History
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1468-0289