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Economy of Malešov estate during the second half of 18th Century
Beneš, Václav ; Vlnas, Vít (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee)
General analysis of both landlords and serf economy at the Malešov estate within time period ca 1725-1800. From the point of view of methodology, text descents from principles of historical statistics and standard methods used by the history of agriculture. Primary sources (land registers) should be used as principal, with addition of information from literature and/or other sources. Main task is to analyse the economy of Malešov estate in the 2nd half of the 18th century and to compare main issues with other contemporary estates, e. g. Černý Kostelec. Research should be divided into two branches, generally. First of them is to find out total shares of farmland areas used both by the subjects and landlords. Second part focuses toward study of serf homesteads pointing changes of their tenure as well as material equipment. KEYWORDS history of agriculture, books of land registers, land use, Malešov estate, serf homestead, landlords economy, serf economy
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Geochemical methods in medieval archaeology: testing in the area of the deserted village Hol (Capital city of Prague)
Janovský, Martin ; Klír, Tomáš (advisor) ; Holata, Lukáš (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the application of geochemical methods in the area of the deserted village Hol with a focus on phosphate analysis. The goal of the research of the area was to define the relative differences in the geochemical composition of soil in individual parts of intravilan and fields and contribute to the knowledge about their economic utilization. The evolution of the phosphate analysis in the world and in the Czech Republic with the focus on the issue of application of different methods used mainly in the medieval locations constitutes a significant part of the thesis. Natural conditions and other external effects influencing the content of phosphate in the soil were taken into account. The macroscopic observations during the probe digging proved the absence of a strong humic horizon in a place, where gardens were originally assumed. This absence could point to the location of economic buildings. The bleaching of upper soil horizons in the area could be caused by previous human activity; this phenomenon is connected not only to natural conditions, which are not opportune, but also to the absence of medieval tillage. The content of P in the assumed gardens does not differ greatly. It is relatively high which could indicate the presence of previous economic buildings or...
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Farmyards in medieval Bohemia and Moravia. The context of settlement and its economic potential.
Rak, Ondřej ; Klír, Tomáš (advisor) ; Šimůnek, Robert (referee)
1 Abstract In this work I deal with farmyards 13th-15th century, which formed an integral part of the medieval landscape. The main attention is paid to settlement-historical context and economic potential. Attention was also focused on the methods used, archaeological surveys and surface exploration. Nobility farmyards are divided into several types, according to the economic strategy and in material form. Their form depended on the owner, the monasteries were built large courtyards and nobility smaller. The main purpose of these farmyards was to provide the economic base of the nobility. There are also farmyards that served to financial income. The most common owners were a nobility and church institutions. Mostly they were situated to rural settlemet, where they were always dominant feature. Because this is not very frequent theme in Czech archeology, the aim of this work was also to summarize current knowledge. Given the breadth of the topic, I tried to include as much information, on the other hand, I had to approach selected topics in general. Work should, however, include the most important knowledge on this topic.
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