Research on Prussia's royal forests during the 18th and 19th centuries from economic, social, and environmental history perspectives

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380443
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Iida Takashi 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (20282551)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 農場領主制（グーツヘルシャフト） / 領主直営林・御領林 / 林役権 / 森林労働 / ドイツ林学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In early modern Europe east of the Elbe River, a type of feudal lordship, demesne lordship (Gutsherrschaft), developed. The research on demesne lordship has mostly been conducted from agricultural history perspectives. The lords (Gutsherren), however, managed not only their demesne farms but often their own forests as well. I comprehensively examined the lords-peasants relationships in and around the lords’ forests, focusing on the case of Prussia’s royal forests in Brandenburg during the 18th and 19th centuries, in order to widen the scope of the research on demesne lordship.

Free Research Field

経済史