The Beginnings of a Drama. The Financial Effort of Lublin Province during the First Stage of the Cossack Wars (1648–1649) Cover Image

Początki dramatu. Wysiłek materialny województwa lubelskiego w pierwszym okresie wojen kozackich (1648–1649)
The Beginnings of a Drama. The Financial Effort of Lublin Province during the First Stage of the Cossack Wars (1648–1649)

Author(s): Henryk Gmiterek
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, 17th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Lublin province in the 17th century; 17th-century Lublin; Cossacks in 1648–1649; Bohdan Khmelnytsky; the military of17th century

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the beginnings of the process of the towns and villages of the Lublin province falling into devastation and ruin, which started with the outbreak of fighting in Ukraine in 1648. On the basis of mainly the Lublin municipal records the author tries to discuss the financial effort of the province in the first two years of the war, the war-wreaked material havoc and damage done by native military troops, as well as to describe the social effects caused by these events.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 27-46
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish