Burgher inventories from the years 1697-1795 in Cracow libraries

• Authors: Danowska E.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The probate inventories described in the article (75 documents) list the property of Cracow burghers, mainly councillors, magistrates, merchants and craftsmen. The law required a physical inventory to be taken, therefore objects were described room by room. Probate inventories were usually very detailed; they recorded varied garments, vessels, furniture and household utensils, as well as the contents of a workshop or shop, if the late person was an artisan or a merchant. They specified the value of the registered objects, but also funeral expenses, debts and other liabilities influencing the value of the inheritance.

Keywords

EN

CRACOW'S BURGHERS; INVENTORIES

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: 79-84
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Danowska E.

• E. Danowska, Biblioteka Naukowa PAU i PAN, ul. Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Krakow, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0005136