Deiatel'nost' evreev-mytnikov Velikogo Kniazhestva Litovskogo v kontse XV – seredine XVI veka (na materialakh Litovskoi Metriki) | The Activity of the Jewish Customs Officials of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania …
Volume 14 (2007): Baltijos regiono istorija ir kultūra: Lietuva ir Lenkija. Socialinė istorija, kultūrologija = History and Culture of Baltic Region: Lithuania and Poland. Social History, Cultural Sciences, pp. 9–23
Pub. online: 9 December 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
9 December 2007
9 December 2007
Abstract
One of the greatest income items of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were customs – ‘myta’. Initially customs played the role of compensation for using of the real estate such as bridges, dams etc. On the other hand customs were a form of payment for the right of trade license, ownership of the pot-houses (inn), and also for production and sale of the alcoholic drinks. The purpose of the given work is to reflect the activity of the Jewish customs officials as collectors of the customs duties and to show the incomes which were brought by this activity (on the example of the richest Jewish tax-farmer).