CRAFTSMEN AND MERCHANTS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD MUNTENIMEA (17th CENTURY – FIRST HALF OF 19th CENTURY). SPATIAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION Cover Image

MEȘTEȘUGARI ȘI NEGUSTORI ÎN MAHALAUA MUNTENIMII DIN SECOLUL XVII PÂNĂ LA INSTITUIREA REGULAMENTULUI ORGANIC. DISTRIBUIRE SPAȚIALĂ ȘI CRONOLOGICĂ
CRAFTSMEN AND MERCHANTS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD MUNTENIMEA (17th CENTURY – FIRST HALF OF 19th CENTURY). SPATIAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION

Author(s): Iuliana Stavarachi
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: the neighbourhood; merchants; craftsmen

Summary/Abstract: In the space of the neighbourhood Muntenimea from Iași one could find a large number of craftsmen, working wood, stone or erecting buildings. The Muntenime neighbourhood was an area preferred also by pottery craftsmen, by those processing fabrics (textiles) and by those who processed food (cooks, bakers, etc.). The merchants of Iași also lived in the Muntenime neighbourhood when they chose to settle in the Moldavian capital; they are mentioned in documents dating from the establishment of the area, the richer ones living closer to the centre of the neighbourhood, closer to the main roads and dealing with the sale of all sorts of merchandise imported from all over Europe. Along with the officers, officials, boyars, bring to poverty and gypsies, they constituted a diverse world in the neighbourhood area.

  • Issue Year: LII/2015
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 79-100
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian
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