Review article
On the Ludbreg Podravina in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
Dragutin Feletar
; Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb – Full Professor (retired)
Hrvoje Petrić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Relying on published and unpublished materials and literature, the authors present the most fundamental guidelines for understanding the basic processes and structures pertaining to Ludbreg and its surroundings during the course of the eighteenth century. Generally speaking, despite extensive materials, the eighteenth century is among the least known, researched and discussed periods in the historiography of the north-west Croatia. By way of introduction, the text defines the foundations for local development based on transit and historical and natural circumstances, necessary to the processes evolving in the Ludbreg Podravina during the eighteenth century. The paper, inter alia, focuses on research into the local population and demographic trends that can be reconstructed on the basis of preserved canonical visitations, registers of births (baptisms), deaths and marriages, and other data. Research on the non-agricultural economy, farming, agricultural relations and manorial justice is of particular interest when it comes to local economic development. This required a thorough study of extensive materials, with special emphasis on agricultural relations within the Ludbreg Estate which was managed by the Batthyany family. Finally, the paper discusses schooling, social welfare, health care, the Church and architecture.
Keywords
social and economic history; eco-history; Podravina; Ludbreg
Hrčak ID:
78856
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2004.
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