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Занатство средњовековне Србије

According to the general economic definition, craft production is branch of industry, and as such, is closely related with the main factors of economic development, also known as the main factors of production: human or labor force, the means of labor and the object of labor. Indisputable important factor is technological progress, which directly dictates the use of technology and techniques, essential for further development of this industry. In order to study medieval craft production in Serbia, additional factors relevant to the topic were added to those above mentioned, like as the specificity of territory, population, given epoch or social system, in order to a number of elements and the micro processes could been analyzed separately. Therefore special attention was paid to defining and determining the craft production as specific activity, its divisions and differentiation, to the study of materials, workshops, tools and technological level, that is matters of with what, where and how the work of craftsmen took place, to the role and status of the craftsmen, to his place and his products place in a wider economic, social and cultural context. The analysis also covers the topic of the foreign elements and influences which have left their mark on the development of handcrafts