"Potop" a wielka Wojna Północna w Warszawie w świetle rejestrów podatkowych - przyczynek do porównania dwóch szwedzkich okupacji

When the Swedish troops entered Warsaw during the “Deluge” and the Great Northern War, they forced the city to pay high contributions. In tax rolls we can observe that the tax collection was organized in the same way. The town clerk walked from door to door and knocked to every household. He wrote the name of each inhabitant with information on whether the person was the owner of the house or a lodger. Then he wrote down the occupation and the sum of money, which the person had to pay. Also we can trace the richest and the poorest areas in the 17th and 18 th century Warsaw. The richest places were Old Town Market with its houses and Świętojańska Street and the poorest was Piekarska street. Wars with Sweden in mid-17th century and the beginning of the next century had a considerable impact on Polish economy and the architecture side of the city. But it was during the Deluge that Swedish invaders robbed the Commonwealth of its most important riches, and most of the stolen items never returned to Poland.