A mass for the slaves : from early medieval Prague

0365227 - ARÚ 2012 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Ježek, Martin
A mass for the slaves : from early medieval Prague.
Frühgeschichtliche Zentralorte in Mitteleuropa. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt, 2011 - (Macháček, J.; Ungerman, Š.), s. 623-642. Studien zur Archäologie Europas, 14. ISBN 978-3-7749-3730-7.
[Praktische Funktion, gesellschaftliche Bedeutung und symbolischer Sinn der frühgeschichtlichen Zentralorte in Mitteleuropa. Břeclav (CZ), 05.10.2009-09.10.2009]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Keywords : Prague * Early Middle Ages * archaeology * metallurgy * slaves * church * Jews * economy
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

Today's Lesser Quarter in Prague continues to produce evidence of ironwork workshops from the Early Middle Ages. The nearby Petřín hill was the closest source of ore. The consumption of fuel grew in the late 10th century when metallurgical workshops also appeared on the opposite, flat bank of the Vltava River for almost the following two centuries. To the same area, i.e. the lowest Vltava terrace, belongs the oldest mention of churches in Prague's suburbium (1118). The author deals with the builders of these churches. He uses reports on the presence of Christian slaves in Prague in the 10th-12th centuries. There is plenty of room for interpretation in the centre of the scheme in which the ruler of the area controls the supply of raw materials, and the merchants sell products in their trading networks. Both components of this type of production and distribution centre could contribute to non-agricultural production.
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