Published: 2023-12-18

Possible methods of reconstruction of roadside inns’ network in the Old Polish period. A case study on the example of the Lublin district in the second half of the eighteenth century

Kamil Jakimowicz , Mateusz Zawadzki
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Section: Studies and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.4.001

Abstract

The aim of the text is to present the possible methods for reconstructing roadside inn’s network in the Old Polish period using the Lublin district, in its historical boundaries,
as a case study. The authors characterise and evaluate the evidence provided by different sources and the applicability of various methodologies. The detailed research procedure
for distinguishing the inns from public houses (establishments offering no lodging) and for identifying their locations is also proposed. It is based on comparison and correlation of information derived from written records with eighteenth- and nineteenthcentury maps (varying in content, depiction precision and scale). Thereafter, the GIS
tools are employed to analyse and verify the acquired data.

Keywords:

roadside inn, Lublin district, historical geography, countryside, public infrastructure, 18th c.

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Jakimowicz, K., & Zawadzki, M. (2023). Possible methods of reconstruction of roadside inns’ network in the Old Polish period. A case study on the example of the Lublin district in the second half of the eighteenth century. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 71(4), 407–426. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.4.001

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