How to Manage a Great Fortune? (On the Example of the Estates of the Olelkovich Dukes) Cover Image

Jak rządzić wielką fortuną? (na przykładzie dóbr książąt Olelkowiczów)
How to Manage a Great Fortune? (On the Example of the Estates of the Olelkovich Dukes)

Author(s): Anastazja Skiepjan
Subject(s): History, Political history, Modern Age, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Olelkovich Dukes; latifundium; management; officials; magnates; control

Summary/Abstract: Th e article aims to compare methods and conditions of managing large landed estates in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, using the example of the estate of the Olelkovich Dukes between the second half of the sixteenth century and the 1630s. Th e research found that by the turn of the seventeenth century, most latifundia had undergone management changes involving the separation of the functions of offi cials and the creation of an additional system of control and supervision.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 161-186
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish
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