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Raffelstetten customs regulations

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186:. See А.В. Назаренко. Древняя Русь на международных путях: Междисциплинарные очерки культурных, торговых, политических связей IX-XII веков. Moscow, 2001. Pages 71-112. 130: 195:
The authors of the regulations proclaim that they did not institute new norms, but restored those regulations that were in force during the reigns of
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notes that the document, being the first legal act to regulate the trade of the Rus', capped off a long tradition of trade between Germany and
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merchants sold wax, slaves, and horses to German merchants. Salt, weapons, and ornaments were sought by slave trading adventurers.
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Daniel G. König, 903–906: The Raffelstetten Customs Regulation and the Export of Slavic Slaves to the Islamic Sphere. In:
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of the 9th and 10th centuries. The document makes it clear that Raffelstetten was a place where German
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promulgated a regulation of toll-bars on his domains, after an inquiry dated between 903 and 906.
250: 106: 26:, literally: "Inquisition on the Raffelstetten Tolls"), is the only legal document regulating 166: 96: 196: 92: 62: 100: 69: 54: 260:, 3e éd. 1990, Paris, PUF, 1971, pp. 257–8 and p. 289 (coll. Nouvelle Clio). 318: 292: 88: 240: 148:
The only copy of the document, dated to the 1250s, was preserved in a church at
84: 200: 122: 110: 77: 179: 165:(literally, "the march of the Ruzari", i.e., of the Rus). It is recorded in 282: 225: 274:, II, ed. by A. Boretius, Hanovre, 1890, pp. 250–2 (available on-line). 129:, as it is labeled in the text) was as important in the period as that 83:
Perhaps the most striking feature of the regulations is the absence of
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Latin-language medieval document about trade between Germans and Slavs.
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Nazarenko argues that the Rus' merchants arrived to Austria via the
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The customs regulations are priceless for documenting trade in
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and their Slavic counterparts exchanged goods. The Czech and
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In the vicinity of Raffelstetten, there was a place called
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Le Haut Moyen Âge occidental : économies et sociétés
38:(ed. A. Boretius and V. Krause, MGH Capit. 2, no. 253). 182:*skattr; the whole monetary system is based on African 41:The document takes its name from Raffelstetten, a 91:, the only coin officially recognized in the 8: 178:The East Slavic word "skotъ" derives from 283:https://doi.org/10.18148/tmh/2022.4.1.54 247:(1973) pp. 131–2 of English edition 245:The Early Growth of the European Economy 24:Inquisitio de theloneis Raffelstettensis 141: 117:suggests that the trade route between 7: 131:between Novgorod and Constantinople 49:, a few kilometers downstream from 95:. Instead, the document mentions " 14: 20:Raffelstetten Customs Regulations 34:. The inquiry was edited in the 133:would be in the tenth century. 61:). There, the Carolingian king 53:(it is now part of the town of 1: 36:Monumenta Germaniae Historica 339:Carolingian Latin literature 169:'s charter from 16 June 862. 334:Economic history of Austria 272:Capitularia regum Francorum 365: 279:Transmediterranean History 304:Legal history of Germany 228:, as became usual later. 329:Medieval texts in Latin 349:Economy of Kievan Rus' 309:Society of Kievan Rus' 32:Early Medieval Europe 344:Prose texts in Latin 299:Germanic legal codes 115:Alexander Nazarenko 314:Linz-Land District 251:Vasily Vasilievsky 220:, rather than via 107:Vasily Vasilievsky 356: 324:Customs services 256:Renée Doehaerd, 229: 210: 204: 193: 187: 176: 170: 167:Louis the German 159: 153: 146: 364: 363: 359: 358: 357: 355: 354: 353: 289: 288: 237: 232: 211: 207: 197:Louis the Pious 194: 190: 177: 173: 160: 156: 147: 143: 139: 127:strata legitima 93:Frankish Empire 63:Louis the Child 17: 12: 11: 5: 362: 360: 352: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 287: 286: 275: 261: 254: 248: 236: 233: 231: 230: 205: 188: 171: 154: 140: 138: 135: 70:Eastern Europe 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 361: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 284: 280: 276: 273: 269: 265: 262: 259: 255: 252: 249: 246: 242: 239: 238: 234: 227: 223: 219: 215: 209: 206: 202: 198: 192: 189: 185: 181: 175: 172: 168: 164: 158: 155: 151: 145: 142: 136: 134: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 79: 75: 74:slave traders 71: 66: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 39: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 281:4.1 (2022). 278: 271: 267: 263: 257: 244: 208: 191: 174: 163:Ruzaramarcha 162: 157: 144: 126: 105: 82: 67: 45:-bar on the 40: 23: 19: 18: 241:George Duby 214:Carpathians 85:Charlemagne 293:Categories 123:Regensburg 111:Kievan Rus 180:Old Norse 201:Carloman 89:denarius 22:(Latin: 235:Sources 101:the Rus 59:Austria 28:customs 226:Kraków 222:Prague 184:dirham 150:Passau 47:Danube 268:Leges 137:Notes 97:skoti 55:Asten 319:900s 224:and 218:Kiev 216:and 199:and 121:and 119:Kiev 51:Linz 43:toll 264:MGH 87:'s 78:Rus 57:in 30:in 295:: 270:, 266:, 243:, 113:. 103:. 285:. 203:. 152:. 125:(

Index

customs
Early Medieval Europe
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
toll
Danube
Linz
Asten
Austria
Louis the Child
Eastern Europe
slave traders
Rus
Charlemagne
denarius
Frankish Empire
skoti
the Rus
Vasily Vasilievsky
Kievan Rus
Alexander Nazarenko
Kiev
Regensburg
between Novgorod and Constantinople
Passau
Louis the German
Old Norse
dirham
Louis the Pious
Carloman
Carpathians

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