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Silver Mining in the Kingdom of Bohemia (13th-14th Centuries)
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In the 13th century, the monarchs of the Přemyslid dynasty, whose territory overlapped with that of the present-day Czech Republic, were increasingly affected by the dismal state of the Crown's finances. As a result, the Přemyslids initiated intensive silver exploitation, among other means to ensure income. This book's objective, based on interdisciplinary research, is therefore to describe and present the structure of mining and metallurgical areas in the kingdom of Bohemia, as well as to examine and identify how ore mining and metallurgy shaped and interacted with settlement organization and the medieval landscape.
Petr Hrubý, Ph.D. (2009), Charles University, is an associate professor of medieval archaeology at Masaryk University in Brno. He has authored numerous monographs and articles on mining and landscape archaeology, including The Medieval Mining Centre of Buchberg (Památky archeologické, 2021).
"C’est donc un ouvrage précieux que Petr Hrubý nous propose qui place désormais la Bohême parmi les régions minières européennes bien documentées, qui ouvre des perspectives comparatives prometteuses."
Translation: "Petr Hrubý has therefore produced a valuable work which now places Bohemia among the well-documented European mining regions, and which opens up promising comparative perspectives."
– Didier Boisseuil, Université de Rouen, in: The Medieval Review (25.10.56)
Translation: "Petr Hrubý has therefore produced a valuable work which now places Bohemia among the well-documented European mining regions, and which opens up promising comparative perspectives."
– Didier Boisseuil, Université de Rouen, in: The Medieval Review (25.10.56)
This book will be of particular interest to specialists, researchers, and students who study archaeology, medieval history, the history of mining, social history, the history of technology, or environmental history.