The demarcation of goods, village and city boundaries in Prussia in the 14th and 15th centuries – tradition, use and innovation
In the territory of the Teutonic Order, we repeatedly encounter demarcations for goods and villages/towns in the documents and administrative sources of the late Middle Ages. We learn a great deal about a) the people involved, b) the perceptions of space, c) conflict potential (or specifically the conflicts that resulted from it). In my lecture, I will discuss the development of border demarcation in Prussia (keywords: land surveying, first geodetic handbook: Geometria Culmensis around 1400) and also compare it with other European regions (primarily in the Holy Roman Empire).
