vik

...Later, these inn-based settlements were called Lischke and took on a more urban form. The settlements called Wikvik were also located at important transport hubs and were thought to have had a similar character. Small markets were often established off the amber road, but they were only used by nearby farmers to trade a small amount of eggs, wool, etc., and as Pirenne put it, "they satisfied the household needs of the people around them...and were limited to the satisfaction of the social instincts that man is born with." ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…のちにこれらの旅籠を主体とする集落はリシュケlischkeと呼ばれ，都市的形態をとるようになる。ウィクwik∥vikと呼ばれる集落も交通の要衝にあり，同様な性格をもっていたと考えられる。　コハクの道からはずれたところにも小さな市がしばしば設定されていたが，そこには近隣の農民がわずかな鶏卵，羊毛などを取引するためにやってくるにすぎず，ピレンヌのいうように〈周囲の人々の家計の必要を満足させ……人間のもって生まれた社交的本能の満足に限られた〉ものであった。…

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