ABSTRACT The article examines the operations of the property market in late medieval Old Warsaw during a period of economic expansion. Two major professional groups (merchants and craftsmen) are distinguished to indicate fundamental differences in their interest in the property market. While craftsmen accumulated goods, merchants sought profit in a quick resale. In addition, the consideration of separate groups such as nobility, clergy, peasants, and Jews, and the analysis of the size of the urban market revealed that the property market in Old Warsaw was dominated by burgesses. The comparison of the number of transactions with the number of newcomers granted citizenship revealed a fact overlooked in the literature, i.e. that the vast majority of migrants had a low economic status and could not afford to purchase their own property just after arriving in the town. This suggests that the rental market played an important role in providing accommodation for newcomers. The analysis also shows the steady and dynamic development of the property market in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This evidence conflicts with suggestions of an economic crisis affecting late medieval Polish towns, at least for Old Warsaw.

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1427–1527年间旧华沙的房地产市场的社会结构

摘要本文考察了中世纪华沙老城在经济扩张时期房地产市场的运作情况。区分了两个主要的专业团体（商人和手工业者），以表明他们对房地产市场的兴趣存在根本差异。在工匠积累货物的同时，商人寻求快速转售的利润。此外，对贵族，神职人员，农民和犹太人等不同群体的考虑以及对城市市场规模的分析表明，旧华沙的房地产市场以汉堡为主导。将交易数量与获得公民身份的新移民数量进行比较，可以发现文献中忽略了一个事实，即 绝大多数移民的经济地位低下，他们刚到小镇后买不起自己的财产。这表明租赁市场在为新移民提供住宿方面发挥了重要作用。分析还显示了十五世纪和十六世纪初房地产市场的稳定和动态发展。这一证据与至少在旧华沙发生的影响中世纪波兰后期城镇的经济危机的建议相矛盾。