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Tanulmányok - Horváth Gergely Krisztián: A nemnemes társadalom strukturális sajátosságai Moson vármegyében a rendi korszak végén

ARRABONA 2012. 50/1.

TANULMÁNYOK

THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NON-NOBLE SOCIETY IN MOSON COUNTY AT THE END OF THE FEUDAL ERA

The changes in the non-noble society are analyzed based on the census results of 1805, 1818, 1827, 1838 and 1847. In the base year the largest part of the society in the county, nearly two-thirds of adult males, belonged to the different groups of villeins, while the peasants (Hörigen) accounted for a quarter.

The information of the census results of non-nobles and the assessment of taxes of 1828 were transferred to a database. Using the Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression an attempt was made to determine the weight of the social, economic and natural specifics in the context of deviations from social structure and economic power. This study highlighted the role of grasslands as the main structuring factor - though not with a particularly strong correlation. The grassland economy and in connection with it: the hay production benefited to the poorer rural population cotters /Söllner/ because the greater expansion of grasslands coincided not only with a higher proportion of such cotters, but also with a higher natural population growth.

Another characteristic of the model is that besides the greater extent of grasslands also the number of people per house and household is greater. Among the cotters more households account for a house than among the serfs, which - although it has a negative impact on mortality rates -, does not eliminate the natural increase in population and the positive trend of the population growth from 1805 to 1827.

Gergely Krisztián Horváth

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