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Anna Kostka

Jarosław, 5 Jun 1575 – Jarosław, 29 Oct 1635

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Facts and their sources

  • Born5 Jun 1575, JarosławRecords disagree1 source
  • Died29 Oct 1635, JarosławRecords disagree1 source
  • FatherJan Kostkanot verified1 source
  • MotherZofia Odrowążnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 5 Jun 1575

    Born in Jarosław

  2. 1595

    A daughter is born

  3. 29 Oct 1635

    Dies in Jarosław, aged 60

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Jarosław.

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The 1570s · Anna is born in Jarosław

In the news1569–1574

Famine and price crisis of 1569-1574

Between 1569 and 1574, a severe famine and price crisis struck the region, causing mass death among the poorest residents, while wealthy nobles remained largely unaffected. During 1573 and 1574, a 2.2-kilogram loaf of rye bread cost an unskilled worker in Krakow between 32% and 40% of their daily wage.

At the table

Famine bread ingredients

During times of severe famine, poor people were forced to bake bread using ingredients like acorns, bran, and in extreme cases, dried tree bark and plant buds.

What people wore

Cost of Peasant Clothing

A full set of peasant clothing, including a shirt, trousers, a woollen outer garment, a sheepskin coat, and boots, was valued at 26.5 Polish gold coins.

Getting around

Daily travel speed for commoners

In the second half of the 16th century, the average speed for travelers on foot or in carts laden with goods was about 25–30 km per day.

What it cost

Food affordability for workers

A worker could purchase a chicken for 1 grossus, a goose for 1.5 to 2 grossi, or a cluster of 60 eggs for 3 grossi with their daily wage.

Music

Social rules in the stryjanka dance

In the dance known as stryjanka, the violinist led the household members in the first part, while respectable people refrained from dancing the second, more lively part to observe others instead.

Daily life

Cooking and lighting challenges

Cooking happened in multipurpose living spaces or entryways using cauldrons suspended on complex, expensive iron hooks that allowed height adjustment over the fire. Because light was poor and candles were prohibitively expensive, many food preparation tasks were performed outdoors.