Szili Ferenc: Somogy megye kereskedelme a kései feudalizmus korában 1700-1848 (Kaposvár, 1988)
XI. Követi utasítások az ipar iés a kereskedelem fejlesztése érdekében
ön the one hand as sellers they sold their agricultural produce with the help of buying up merchants, on the other hand they were buyers themselves because sometimes they bought the animalis of the serfs cheap and sold them with reasonable profit. Trade from the second half of the 18th century needed new attitude and behaviour from merchants as well as from landowners. We have also examined the activity of lease-holders who also played the local and mediatory role. Manor pubs, inns, country taverns, shops, butcher's stalls, beer-houses and mills were usually rented by enterprising Jewish tenants. In the era examined traditional bartering and capitalist commodity production connected with money management toolk place not only in manor farms but also in serfs’ farms. However on the long run these trading activities different in content and. quality could not function. In manor farms bartering changed into market oriented money management. A similar tendency can be seen in serfs’ farms but it took place later on. As in traditional societies feudal and capitalist relations of production living together reflected a development typical for East-Central Europe. Supplying trade such as inns and country taverns were usually built by trading roads and served mainly the needs of travelling merchants, military transports, carriers and those of stall-keepers. It is widely known thalt from the second half of the century manors began gradually taking part in commodity production, selling their agricultural products in the markets of Western Europe with the help of mediators. Thiis trading activity, namely transport, could not function without a system of roadside inns. Of course these inns and taverns were important for other reasons too, as important news were transmitted through them so they can be regarded as sources of news-gathering too. The activity of Jewish peddlers has a great importance in our study, as they had a decisive role in the transition of feudal society and economic structure towards capitalism with the help of the accomodaition of trading capital. They renewed and modernized trading customs, adapted themselves flexibly to the needs and were quick to recognize possibilities. They had a view of the whole of three-graded trade as they were interested in everything from buying up to peddling. Moreover they had very good relations in foreign trade and were quick enough to adapt themselves to the changes of international trade. Then we examined the marketing and selling possibilities serfs had. We have analysed the connection between the prices of foodsltaffs, agricultural products and the day’s wages of peasants working in agriculture. Examining the decrees for representatives we diiscribed the industry and trade of the county as well as the problems to be solved and the possibilities of development. 210 SOMOGY MEGYEI LTV MR NAGYBERKI SZOC OSZT. KÖNYVTARA
