Transformări terminologice aferente sistemului fiscal din Țara Românească (Secolele XVII-XVIII). Practica „mâncăturilor” şi stăpânirea austriacă

The article surveys the changes suffered by elements of the vocabulary associated with the practices of tax collection in Wallachia, taking the period of Austrian rule in the province of Oltenia (1718-1739) as a revelator able to shed light on the changing meanings of the terms involved, during the entire evolution of the administrative system over the long run of history (from the 17th century to the end of the 18th century). The term „mâncături”, which is highlighted by the analysis, is shown as staying at the core of the whole range of gestures and practices by the means of which the obligations of the villagers to support the tax collectors were expected to be performed. The various contexts of its occurrence, including the peculiar one of the Austrian attempt at administrative rationalization, are indicative for the conceptions sustaining the administrative structure of the traditional Romanian society.