The possessions of burgher families in Kielce at the end of the 18th c. - a study based on the Municipal Council register.

• Authors: Glówka J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses some aspects of everyday life in Kielce at the end of the 18th century, with special reference to the material status of burgher households. The source basis was the Municipal Council register from the years 1789-1791, containing a record of the activity of the town's self-government and guilds, testaments, family feuds and criminal cases. At the end of the 18th c. the house of an average Kielce burgher was a one- or rarely two-storey structure with a hall, pantry, kitchen and several chambers arranged in two or three lines along the main axis of the building. The furniture and fittings were usually rather plain. The analysis of the source indicates that the inhabitants of Kielce, who mainly made a living from farming, were not an affluent community, which was reflected in the range and amount of furniture, garments, linen, vessels, tools and decorations found in their households. The material position of Kielce burghers stemmed from the condition and function of their town. For several centuries Kielce had not been an administrative centre, but only a seat of the bishop's court. As a result, at the end of the 18th c. it was a typical provincial town, whose inhabitants combined work in crafts or commerce with farming.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE; KIELCE'S MUNICIPAL COUNCIL REGISTER

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85-92
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Glówka J.

• J. Glówka, ul Zagórska 61, 25-344 Kielce, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0005139