Agricultural History Review, Volume 59 Part 2 (2011), pp. 312–326

In this article the author explores a survey of royal lands produced in 1564 and 1565. This contains data from over 500 royal demesnes situated throughout the Kingdom of Poland, and provides detailed information about types of cereals grown, their yields and prices, animal husbandry, the system of land division, weights and measures, and the system of agricultural management. Here we examine regional differences in the arable economy of royal demesnes and consider how far their production was determined by the opportunities offered by local and international grain markets. 

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