The long eighth century
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The long eighth century
(The transformation of the Roman world, v. 11)
Brill, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The eighth century has not been analysed as a period of economic history since the 1930s, and is ripe for a comprehensive reassessment. The twelve papers in this book range over the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean from Denmark to Palestine, covering Francia, Italy and Byzantium on the way. They examine regional economies and associated political structures, that is to say the whole network of production, exchange, and social relations in each area. They offer both authoritative overviews of current work and new and original work. As a whole, they show how the eighth century was the first century when the post-Roman world can clearly be seen to have emerged, in the regional economies of each part of Europe.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction Chris Wickham
Concepts of the early medieval economy John Moreland
Exchange and politics: the eighth-early ninth century in Denmark Ulf NasmanThe significance of production in eighth-century England John Moreland
Roman cities, emporia and new towns (sixth-ninth centuries) Adriaan Verhulst
The role of the monasteries in the systems of production and exchange of the Frankish world between the seventh and the beginning of the ninth century Stephane Lebecq
Before or after mission. Social relations across the middle and lower Rhine in the seventh and eight centuries Ian Wood
Marseille and the Pirenne thesis II: "ville morte" S.T. Loseby
Some considerations on the coinage of Lombard and Carolingian Italy Alessia Rovelli
Production, distribution and demand in the Byzantine world, c. 660-840 John Haldon
Production, echange and regional trade in the Islamic East Mediterranean: old structures, new systems? Alan Walmsley
Overview: production, distribution and demand, II Chris Wickham
Index
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