Institution
Folwark
A folwark was a large manorial farm in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, worked by serf labour and producing grain for export. The folwark system enriched the szlachta nobility through the Baltic grain trade but tied peasants more tightly to the land through heavy labour obligations.
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