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Brewing, milk processing and grain milling widely spread at
Samogitian manors and mills spread to a considerably lesser degree
were attributed to the first type. Even though the processing of raw
materials was rather widely spread, it was carried out by means of
rather primitive production methods at the manor. Even though in
some cases the improvement of technologies may be observed, e.g.
the use of water mills or the work of brewers (apparently professional),
etc, we still have too little data to speak about larger profits
generated from them.
The selling of alcoholic beverages and saloon business is attributed
to the second type. Even though it was developed on the territory belonging
to the manor, historians do not consider it a typical manorial
craft. The first reason is that saloons were considered craftsmen enterprises,
where alcoholic beverages were not only sold but also produced,
and, secondly, such activities were rather strongly regulated by
the provisions and legal acts of the grand duke.
6. The research carried out in the thesis revealed that Samogitia,
being a typical part of the periphery of the European economy, participated
in the European economic conjuncture of that time as one of
its typical territories. From the very origins of development of the
allodium Samogitia witnessed the phenomena of land-ownership development
characteristic of Central European region. Depending on
the location and macroeconomic conditions, certain specific features
emerged in land-ownership relations correcting the place of Samogitia
in European and Central European regional economic context.
The study shows that by contrast to the prevailing opinion to this
day the manors that complied with the Central European economic
manor model and developmental characteristics were founded in
Samogitian private land-ownership in the 16 th century. The general
structure of their manors and economic organisation testify their orientation
towards the production of agricultural raw materials, such as
grain crops and livestock products, which were particularly popular in
foreign markets at that time. Apart from them, hay production, forestuse,
fishery, beekeeping, processing of manorial raw materials and
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