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the integrated peasant economy as a concept in progress
dedicated to the “beginnings of industry,” is tell-tale about how hard the
job of quantifying phenomena in Slovenian rural history is (Table 1.3). The
reason is only partly to seek in the ability and approach of historians, since
the sources play a relevant role: even in collecting data and categorising in-
dustry and crafts, in the second half of the 18th century the authors of state
surveys managed to apply differing criteria in different regions, thus pro-
ducing not really comparable figures for Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Gori-
ca county, and Trieste (Šorn 1984, 74–5).
Table 1.1: Types, characters, and chronology of peasant trade in Slovenian scholarship,
based on F. Gestrin, B. Grafenauer, and J. Šorn
I. Expansive phase: II. Expansive phase: III. Expansive phase:
mid-13th–mid-14th century mid-15th–end-16th century mid-–late 18th century
1. With own products 4. With goods of profession- 7. Cart-transport
al (urban) merchants
2. On behalf of tradesmen 5. With goods of other peas- Export through sea-ports;
3. For corvées service ants economic policy measures.
6. Smuggling
Short distance, on borough
and town markets. Longer distance, interregion-
al and international (also by
sea); to local ironworks.
Note: The types and characters of peasant trade in each phase are present
in the later phases, too. Source: See text.
Table 1.2: Yearly volume of peasant trade in Slovenian lands between the early 14th
and the early 17th centuries, as estimated by F. Gestrin
Period Yearly peasant trade Population Estimated area
Early 14th cen- 110,000 tovor 90,000 peasant house- 24,000 km2
tury (18,500 tons) holds
400,000 tovor 120,000 peasant
Late 15th century (67,200 tons) households
550,000 tovor 800,000 people in to-
16th and early (92,400 tons) tal
17th centuries
Source and conversion: See text and footnotes 4 and 5.
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dedicated to the “beginnings of industry,” is tell-tale about how hard the
job of quantifying phenomena in Slovenian rural history is (Table 1.3). The
reason is only partly to seek in the ability and approach of historians, since
the sources play a relevant role: even in collecting data and categorising in-
dustry and crafts, in the second half of the 18th century the authors of state
surveys managed to apply differing criteria in different regions, thus pro-
ducing not really comparable figures for Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Gori-
ca county, and Trieste (Šorn 1984, 74–5).
Table 1.1: Types, characters, and chronology of peasant trade in Slovenian scholarship,
based on F. Gestrin, B. Grafenauer, and J. Šorn
I. Expansive phase: II. Expansive phase: III. Expansive phase:
mid-13th–mid-14th century mid-15th–end-16th century mid-–late 18th century
1. With own products 4. With goods of profession- 7. Cart-transport
al (urban) merchants
2. On behalf of tradesmen 5. With goods of other peas- Export through sea-ports;
3. For corvées service ants economic policy measures.
6. Smuggling
Short distance, on borough
and town markets. Longer distance, interregion-
al and international (also by
sea); to local ironworks.
Note: The types and characters of peasant trade in each phase are present
in the later phases, too. Source: See text.
Table 1.2: Yearly volume of peasant trade in Slovenian lands between the early 14th
and the early 17th centuries, as estimated by F. Gestrin
Period Yearly peasant trade Population Estimated area
Early 14th cen- 110,000 tovor 90,000 peasant house- 24,000 km2
tury (18,500 tons) holds
400,000 tovor 120,000 peasant
Late 15th century (67,200 tons) households
550,000 tovor 800,000 people in to-
16th and early (92,400 tons) tal
17th centuries
Source and conversion: See text and footnotes 4 and 5.
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