Business as usual? Sigismund`s trade privileges for the royal towns of Bohemia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00101707 - isvavai.cz

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Business as usual? Sigismund`s trade privileges for the royal towns of Bohemia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study analyses a corpus of approx. 50 charters issued by Sigismund of Luxemburg as King of Bohemia for the royal towns of Bohemia and Moravia that contain stipulations on trade. It argues that these economic stipulations were of considerable significance for the recipients who actively sought the confirmation of old rights or tried to acquire new privileges. Trade privileges therefore constituted a convenient instrument for the king to either reward loyal Catholic followers or to "buy" the recognition of formerly oppositional Hussite towns. Furthermore, the author uses Sigismund`s trade privileges to illustrate the practical limitations of the Catholic embargo on trade and commerce with the Hussite "heretics". The evidence shows that the granting of these trade privileges was overwhelmingly driven by short-term needs rather than by long-term strategy; at times the king even outright counteracted his own embargo. The author therefore concludes that the studied trade privileges indirectly attest to the continuation of international trade within and without the kingdom, even though the circumstances in Hussite Bohemia were theoretically quite unfavourable to such trade.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Business as usual? Sigismund`s trade privileges for the royal towns of Bohemia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study analyses a corpus of approx. 50 charters issued by Sigismund of Luxemburg as King of Bohemia for the royal towns of Bohemia and Moravia that contain stipulations on trade. It argues that these economic stipulations were of considerable significance for the recipients who actively sought the confirmation of old rights or tried to acquire new privileges. Trade privileges therefore constituted a convenient instrument for the king to either reward loyal Catholic followers or to "buy" the recognition of formerly oppositional Hussite towns. Furthermore, the author uses Sigismund`s trade privileges to illustrate the practical limitations of the Catholic embargo on trade and commerce with the Hussite "heretics". The evidence shows that the granting of these trade privileges was overwhelmingly driven by short-term needs rather than by long-term strategy; at times the king even outright counteracted his own embargo. The author therefore concludes that the studied trade privileges indirectly attest to the continuation of international trade within and without the kingdom, even though the circumstances in Hussite Bohemia were theoretically quite unfavourable to such trade.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

GA15-14758S: Zikmundova strana v husitských Čechách

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Husitský Tábor

ISSN

0231-6080

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

22

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

34-53

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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