Znaczenie czynników prawno-politycznych w procesie kształto-wania wiejskiej sieci osadniczej dawnego województwa łęczyckiego i sieradzkiego w okresie przedrozbiorowym
The role of legal and political factors in the process of development of rural settlement network in the pre-partition Łęczyca and Sieardz voivodeships

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of research related to the legal and political determinantsof the development of the rural settlement in Middle Ages and Modern Period in the prepartitionŁęczyca and Sieradz voivodeships. In the light of historical sources inconfrontation with historiography one can indicate the general features shaping the ruralsettlement in the context of the discussed category of factors. The article analyzes theimpact of fortified settlements administration, development of large estates and thereception of German law during the Middle Ages, as well as the processes ofrefeudalization and expansion of manorial economy, divisions of property and newforms of rental settlement related with Dutch and Frederician colonization in the ModernPeriod.

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