Fields, Noblemen’s Fields, and Noblemen’s Villages of Karšuva in the 14th-18th Centuries: Sources, Statistics, Continuity, and Localization Cover Image

Karšuvos laukai, bajorlaukiai ir bajorkaimiai XIV-XVIII amžiuje: šaltiniai, statistika, tęstinumas ir lokalizacija
Fields, Noblemen’s Fields, and Noblemen’s Villages of Karšuva in the 14th-18th Centuries: Sources, Statistics, Continuity, and Localization

Author(s): Eugenijus Saviščevas
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Local History / Microhistory, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: field; noblemen’s village (okolica); Samogitia; Karšuva; registers of fireplace census; onomastics;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the connection of pre-Christian fields with the 16th c. noblemen’s fields and the 17th–18th c. noblemen’s villages (okolica) on the basis of systematic source complexes. The sample of Karšuva district (powiat) in Samogitia was chosen for the study. After grouping the processed source material, the continuity of the names of the fields and noble villages is proven, thereby assuming the continuity of the field structure in the noble villages. After applying the mapping methodology, the geography of the noble villages and peasant villages of Karšuva is restored.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 28-50
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Lithuanian