Changes in the Estate Management and Officials of the Radziwiłłs of Biržai from the Late Sixteenth to the Late Seventeenth Century Cover Image

Zmiany zarządu dóbr ziemskich i urzędnicy Radziwiłłów birżańskich od końca XVI do końca XVII wieku
Changes in the Estate Management and Officials of the Radziwiłłs of Biržai from the Late Sixteenth to the Late Seventeenth Century

Author(s): Urszula Augustyniak
Subject(s): Public Administration, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Radziwiłłs of Biržai line; latifundium; management; officials; reform plans; implementation;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to attempted changes in the management of the estates belonging to the Radziwiłł of the Biržai Line undertaken between the late sixteenth and late seventeenth century to depart from the ‘itinerant court’ system to centralise the latifundium administration.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 143-167
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish