Considerații cu privire la geneza, evoluția şi aria de răspândire a unor sate mănăstireşti din ținutul Iaşi (I)
Considerations regarding the genesis, evolution and the spreading of some monastery villages in Iaşi County (I)

Summary/Abstract: Based on published papers, some aspects of the problem regarding the genesis, the evolution and the spreading of some monastery villages in the Iasi County have been investigated in the present study. Thus, we have found that most of the monastery localities belonged to a lord or boyar, and less were individual property. The monastic villages were spread on both banks of the Prut River, as well as on its right and left tributaries. THe monastic property was compact to a certain extent. This was dictated by the need for efficient administration. The economy of the monastery villages, as well as other categories of villages, was based on the natural household. Thus, the monastery villages were structured in the following way: the hearth of the village, tilled land, the field, grazing ground, the forest, lake, place for apiary, apiary, the mill etc. The representative of the monastery in the local administration organized and watched the work of the inhabitants of a monastery village. Disputes over some issues related to the breaking of the boundaries of the monastery property, as well as the status of the monastery neighbours, could only be resolved with the involvement of the ruler of the Country of Moldova.

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