is an ox (Ochse in German), an animal used for drawing or as a source of meat. We can also see a variant with the adjective tažný, meaning „draught“; the German is also using the word Zugeochse (draught ox), combining, in the best tradition of the German language, an adjectiveContinue Reading

The book with a long title Rolnictvo na pozdně středověkém Chebsku: sociální mobilita, migrace a procesy pustnutí (in translation Peasantry in late medieval Cheb region: social mobility, migration and processes of desertification) brought many interesting information on the topic. However, one passage containing general conclusions about the advantages and disadvantagesContinue Reading