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How to Survive Without Commons? Conflicts Over Forests and Coping Strategies of the Poor in the Post-Feudal Period in the Northeastern Part of the Habsburg Empire Cover

How to Survive Without Commons? Conflicts Over Forests and Coping Strategies of the Poor in the Post-Feudal Period in the Northeastern Part of the Habsburg Empire

By: Joachim Popek  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

Figures & Tables

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Map 1

Galicia as part of Austria-Hungary in the second half of the 19th century.

AREANUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, HAMLETS AND GERMAN COLONIESTOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CASES FILED FOR PROCEEDINGS (UNTIL 1878)ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT IN GALICIA (AGREEMENTS AND CONFLICTS DURING THE ABOLITION OF COMMONS)FOREST COMMONSOTHER COMMONS
FIREWOODTIMBER FOR BUILDINGSTIMBER FOR TOOLSTIMBER FOR FENCESNON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (FRUIT ETC.)OTHER FOREST RIGHTSPASTURING OF CATTLE
Whole province (74 districts)Where ‘commons’ occurredWhere ‘commons’ did not occur29 619 (76 unresolved cases)AgreementsConflicts (forced rulings and court proceedings)7058464413452309126752307 842
5 3861 7949 94619 749

[i] (Source: ÖS, AT-OeStA/AVA Inneres MdI Allgemein A 382).

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Map 2

The occurrence of common rights in Tarnobrzeg district.

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Map 3

The occurrence of common rights: collecting firewood.

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Map 4

The occurrence of common rights: collecting timber.

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Map 5

Conflicts over common rights between peasants and landlords in the first half of the 19th century.

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Map 6

Forced rulings on the abolition of common rights between peasants and landlords in the second half of the 19th century.

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Map 7

Agreements on the abolition of common rights between peasants and landlords in the second half of the 19th century.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1554 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2025
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Accepted on: Aug 6, 2025
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Published on: Oct 1, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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