Agricultural History Review, Volume 59 Part 2 (2011), pp. 293–311

The paper discusses the feudal economy of the southern apex of the Elbian divide in European feudal history. It provides quantitative evidence that demonstrates how the feudal economy in western Slovenia was characterized by the weakness of the demesne economy, a substantial share of the lord’s income coming from manorial rents, and by a high degree of non-agricultural activity among the peasant population. It ends with an explanation of why one path was taken, and others not followed. 

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