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Portrait of Mats Olsson. Photo.

Mats Olsson

Head of the Department of Economic History, Professor

Portrait of Mats Olsson. Photo.

Manorial economy and corvee labour in southern Sweden 1650-1850

Author

  • Mats Olsson

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

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-0289