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title = {Runaway Serfs in 17th-Century Estland and Livland},

author = {Peeter Tammisto},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-09-12},

journal = {Scandinavian Journal of History},

volume = {48},

issue = {5},

pages = {615-634},

abstract = {Adscripti glebae is a condition where peasants legally belong to a particular landholding. Its purpose was to maintain a stable labour force at the disposal of the landholder. Peasants who did not abide by this immobility requirement were termed runaways. Runaways have been episodically mentioned in medieval and early modern social history, particularly in demographic history, urban history, and histories of serfdom. Yet they have rarely been the central focus of historical studies. This paper examines the runaway on the background of the particular conditions of serfdom in the provinces of Estland and Livland. The paper describes how serfdom was practiced in these provinces, proceeds to peasant agency by considering the numerous diverse reasons for running away and outlines the reasoning behind the efforts of both nobility and government aimed at maintaining the status quo. The court records of a few extradition cases are highlighted to illustrate aspects of the issue of keeping serfs bound to the land.},

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@article{nokey,

title = {Landlords’ Medical Care for their Serfs in the Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire},

author = {Marten Seppel},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

journal = {Slavonic and East European Review},

volume = {89},

issue = {2},

pages = {201-223},

abstract = {The article looks at the opportunities of serfs to get medical care in the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire. It argues that although at the beginning of the nineteenth century the manors still played the main role as providers and mediators of medical aid to the peasantry, pressure to improve serfs’ health standards had started to come from the state and the authors of popular enlightenment from the 1760s.

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@article{nokey,

title = {Runaway Serfs in 17th-Century Estland and Livland},

author = {Peeter Tammisto},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-09-12},

journal = {Scandinavian Journal of History},

volume = {48},

issue = {5},

pages = {615-634},

abstract = {Adscripti glebae is a condition where peasants legally belong to a particular landholding. Its purpose was to maintain a stable labour force at the disposal of the landholder. Peasants who did not abide by this immobility requirement were termed runaways. Runaways have been episodically mentioned in medieval and early modern social history, particularly in demographic history, urban history, and histories of serfdom. Yet they have rarely been the central focus of historical studies. This paper examines the runaway on the background of the particular conditions of serfdom in the provinces of Estland and Livland. The paper describes how serfdom was practiced in these provinces, proceeds to peasant agency by considering the numerous diverse reasons for running away and outlines the reasoning behind the efforts of both nobility and government aimed at maintaining the status quo. The court records of a few extradition cases are highlighted to illustrate aspects of the issue of keeping serfs bound to the land.},

keywords = {baltic states, early modern history, estonia, runaways, serfdom},

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@article{nokey,

title = {Landlords’ Medical Care for their Serfs in the Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire},

author = {Marten Seppel},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

journal = {Slavonic and East European Review},

volume = {89},

issue = {2},

pages = {201-223},

abstract = {The article looks at the opportunities of serfs to get medical care in the Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire. It argues that although at the beginning of the nineteenth century the manors still played the main role as providers and mediators of medical aid to the peasantry, pressure to improve serfs’ health standards had started to come from the state and the authors of popular enlightenment from the 1760s.

},

keywords = {19th century, baltic states, early modern history, russia, serfdom},

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