Ruchomości mieszczan jako atrybuty stratyfikacji społecznej (XVI–XVIII w.).

Abstrakt

The article shows actions which accompanied the social division in towns e.g. Kraków, Nowy Sącz, Krosno and Wojnicz. It is based on the posthumous inventories containing registers of movables. The inventories are reections of property status of townspeople, which is shown in the table. Statistical data in the table have been arranged according to the division of the inhabitants into groups – the richest, moderately wealthy and poor. The people’s gender has also been taken into consideration. The sources of information have been commented and completed in the text dealing with dierent aspects of material culture as an inherent part of townspeople everyday life.