Serf rebellion in the Švarcenek seigniory during the Tolmin peasant revolt

Abstract

The article analyses a rebellion that took place in 1713 in the territorially discontinued Švarcenek seigniory (with its seat near Podgrad pri Vremah) that encompassed villages scattered across the Karst to Sežana and Povirje, Vremska dolina and Brkini. Using the critical methodological approach it analyses some concepts of interrogating serfs of different age groups who played various vocational and social roles in the village community. These interrogations were compared to the first official reports on the developments in this border seigniory that were drawn up by the most important officials of two provinces—Carniola and Gorizia—and the influential city of Trieste.