The State of Research on Demography of the Lublin Region Between the 16th and the 19th Century

Abstract

The work is an attempt to summarize achievements to date research on the demographic processes in the Lublin region in the pre-statistical era, i.e. by the end of the 19th century. The first census took place in the area in 1897. First,  the publications of the 19th century authors were discussed. They were of synthetic nature and encompassed the entire borders of the Polish Kingdom. The granularity of the information, however, allows to consider some problems at the level of the village, district or province. The increased interest in the problems of demography occurred after World War II, which resulted in publications of the authors gathered at the Catholic University of Lublin. The research by Zygmunt Sułowski and Janina Gawrysiakowa proved to be particularly valuable. To summarize the article, the author points out that there is an urgent need to intensify the research on the demographic past of the Lublin region.