Wine Selling in Little Carpathia (15th–17th Century)

In this study, we draw attention to the basic principles of the right to sell alcoholic beverages and using the example of the cities of Little Carpathian, we will bring closer the implementation of the wine selling and distribution itself in the Little Carpathian region in the period from the 15th to the 17th century. In the urban environment of the Little Carpathian region, in the 16th century, the right to sell (hist. right to tap) was fundamentally modified and split into the right to sell for cities and the right to sell for individuals – townspeople. This right acquired new specifics in the observed period, and in the Little Carpathian region significant differences can be observed in its application in the following centuries, especially between individuals and cities.The study also clarifies the implementation of the wine distribution in the cities of Little Carpathian and at the same time points out its regularities and specifics in the urban environment.The wine cellar had fixed rules in Little Carpathian towns, and their violation was severely sanctioned by the authorities.This way of selling wine was maintained in the Little Carpathian region until the middle of the 20th century.