THE VICISSITUDES OF URBAN LIFE 243The fall of Jaworow's income from 842 to 508 florins over only thirty-four years
represented a decrease in money terms of about 40 per cent; but in real terms,
owing to rampant price inflation, of at least 80 per cent. The Survey further
shows that the city's three churches - the Catholic Dominican Church, the
Uniate Bazylian Church, and the Orthodox Church - were exempted from all
contributions owing to their dilapidated state. The picture was in no way excep-
tional. The ravages of the mid-seventeenth century proved permanent. As time
went on, the condition of the cities declined still further. Trade dwindled.
Artistic patronage vanished. The absolute number of city dwellers constantly
diminished, whilst the number of registered citizens, and of skilled craftsmen,fl. gr. d. fl. gr. d.- The Greater Suburb of Jaworow,
containing 251 / 4 Ian, together with
the Orthodox priest and the Tavern
used in 1627 to pay rent: 368 07 o- 9 bushels of barley @ 10 gr. 3 0 0
-40 hens @ 1^1 / 2 d. 2 0 0
and a cash gift 2 0 0
Nowadays, since many fields have been
abandoned, the residents pay various
sums, in rent: 125 01 0
- 9 bushels of barley @ 10 gr. 3 0 0
- 13 half bushels, of barley @ 1 fl. 13 0 0
- 20 hens @ 6 gr. 4 0 0
- Cash gift 2 0 0
- Honey 16 06 0
- The Orthodox curate (protopop) pays — 2 0 0
and the priest of the Nakomiczny Church — 1 01 0
-The peasants, formerly 15, paid 67 21 0
now pay
55 12 0- The Lesser Suburb of Jaworow,
containing 31 / 4 (?) lan, used to pay
in rent: 58 15 0
now pay 17 16 9
- The Lesser Suburb of Jaworow,
- The peasants, formerly paid 8 11 0
now pay 5 03 0
For transport to the River San, both
suburbs pay 114 15 0
For cartage, the Nakomiczny Church pays 7 0 0
TOTAL INCOME formerly 842 04 9
now 508 28 9^11