This gateway follows the themes promised by the collection: food, people and duties, customs, travel, horses and the estate economy. The complete bilingual account is available in Volume II.
House, table and stores
From pantry to table
Garden, orchard, food preservation, household meals and the daily work behind them.
READ IN ENGLISH → DRINKS AND PRESERVESBeer, mead and liqueurs
Bread kvass, domestic processing and the economic role of the distillery.
READ IN ENGLISH → HOUSEHOLD TECHNOLOGYThe country-house icehouse
Natural ice, insulation and food storage before mechanical refrigeration.
READ IN ENGLISH → APIARYHoney, wax and bees
Forage, hives, pollination and the apiary's links with food and light.
READ IN ENGLISH → HEALTH AND HYGIENE · PLMedicine at the manor
Medicine chest, doctor, midwife, epidemics, injuries and care for people and animals.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → THE YEAR'S RHYTHMThe agricultural year
Spring hunger, sowing, harvest, lifting crops, winter stores and repairs.
READ IN ENGLISH →People, work and money
The invisible engine
Domestic servants, steward, farmhands, gardeners and agricultural workers.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → ESTATE ACCOUNTS · PLCountry-house economy
Income, expenditure, labour and the dependence of a representative home on its farm.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → FAMILY AND LAW · PLWomen of the manor
Dowry, marriage settlements, inheritance and work that sustained the home.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → MONEY · PLFrom inflation to the złoty
Prices, wages, savings and Grabski's reform seen through everyday life.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → INCZEW · PLThe farm and distillery
The estate's economic base and the distillery building that survives today.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → INTERACTIVE STORY · PLWalewski's drawer
A key, bill, letter, visiting card and horseshoe as traces of organised daily life.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE →Road, stable and hunting
From work to sport
Breeding, harness, coachmen, carriages, hunting and the investigated Kaktus–Alli trail.
READ IN ENGLISH → TRAVEL · PLFrom carriage to railway
The road to the station, luggage, timetables and new possibilities of travel.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE → HUNTING AND HOSPITALITY · PLAntonin
Hunting as a system of people, horses, dogs, kitchens and a seasonally active residence.
OPEN POLISH ARTICLE →Service, custom and celebration
Service and daily work
Who sustained the residence, how duties were divided and why the manor was the work of many people.
READ IN ENGLISH → CALENDAR AND COMMUNITYCustoms, feasts and hospitality
The year's rhythm, family ceremonies, receiving guests and the boundary between general knowledge and Inczew's documented history.
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