The Impact of the Baltic Emancipation Reforms on Peasant-Landlord Relations
A Historiographical Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Lust (0000-0003-0384-5722, University of Military Science and Technology, corresponding author), Kersti Lust |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629778.2012.744610 |
| OpenAlex | W2092212461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
The aim of the article is to introduce the main lines of argument and interpretation in studies of the Baltic Emancipation Reforms of 1816, 1817 and 1819, identifying common paradigms and setting an agenda for future research. First, we need to use archival evidence to investigate whether the first decades of freedom in all three Baltic provinces, where similar laws were implemented, actually impoverished the peasantry. Second, we must ask what limited the development of agriculture after emancipation: was it the uncertainty attending the end of peasant protections or rather the limits on economic freedom of activity? Third, the claim that new peasant laws ‘correcting’ the mistakes of the Emancipation Laws were needed for the peasant economy to get off the ground is not adequately supported by the case in Kurland, where many changes had already taken place prior to the 1863 law allowing peasants to purchase land
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Emancipation · Historiography · Interpretation (philosophy · Landlord · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |