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The contemporary economic history finds itself at the crossing point of two academic disciplines: history and economy. The historians care first about the contextuality and reality of facts, they are aloof from the economic abstraction and the related desire for generality, experts in the field of economy promote the application of the model of so-called rigorous sciences. As a result of this, historians and economist do not always pursue the same objectives. However, the economic history, despite different methodical approaches, eventuate in the same objectives – understanding of historical reality. Therefore the authors of the reflection, being economic historians, regard taking economy seriously of great importance.