Original scientific paper
Some Aspects of Economic, People and Their Environment Relationship in 17th Century Križevci County and Varaždin Military Frontier – (Podravina - The Drava River Valley)
Hrvoje Petrić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Based on published and unpublished sources and literature available, the author here contemplates on some aspects of relationship between man, economics and his environment in Ludbreg, Koprivnica and Đurđevac of Podravina region.
The focus is placed on research of basic characteristics of population here with basic demographic processes, in the period from late 16th to early 18th century. Additionally, the author covered social, economic, cultural and religious aspects of life in 17th century Podravina. Each chapter here is backed up with so much not researched sources in archives, museums, church collections and the privately owned ones - so that after a systematic research for a few years in a row - we could write several extensive monograph books, not just one. This is why this text should be viewed as just another contemplation on what has been done so far in research of 17th century Podravina, and what directions the future research should go. Foundations, on which future Podravina historiography lies on, should be publication of historic data of value, currently kept in various archives. Perhaps it would be best to start with historiography publications of 17th century Podravina, as processes of those times originally fit into the everlasting relationship of people and their environment here, that can be traced, with more or less clarity, until the present day.
Keywords
Podravina (the Drava river valley); environmental history; frontier settlements; river Drava; 17th century; town of Koprivnica; early modern period
Hrčak ID:
78180
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2007.
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