Desanka Kovačević Kojić, Srđan Rudić
TRADE AND ECONOMY IN MEDIEVAL SERBIA
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DOI: 10.34298/ZR9788677431600.R033
UDC: 339:330(497.11)”04/14”
pp. 33–54
language: english
Abstract:
Little is known about the economic situation in Serbian lands until the 12th century. Throughout the Middle Ages most of the population engaged in agriculture. The development of mining in the mid13th century led to Serbia’s rapid economic rise. Numerous mines were opened, initiating the production of silver, iron, lead, copper and, rarely, gold. Within a short period, the mines became important urban settlements and trade centres. The development of mining led to the strengthening of ties between the inland and coastal towns and to stronger involvement in trade in the Mediterranean. Commercial activity and urban development reached their peak in the early decades of the 15th century. Not only the social and political, but also an extraordinary economic rise of the Serbian state was violently stopped by the fall of Smederevo in 1459.
Keywords: economic-general, economic-rural, economic-trade, economic-urban, Southeastern Europe, 7th century – 15th century, Serbia, trade, economy, wax, silver, mines.
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