Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages: A Social and Economic History of the Long Sixth Century

ISBN-13: 9781784539504 / Angielski

Florin Curta

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Acknowledgements I. Introduction 1. The Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: A Glimpse into the Current State of Research 2. Eastern Europe: Concepts, Geography, Climate History II. The Roman Orbit 3. The Balkans during the Last Century of Roman Power 4. The Balkan 'Dark Ages' 5. A Periphery Without 'Dark Ages': Crimea 6. Roman Clients: The Carpathian Basin and the World Beyond It 7. In the Shadow of the Empire: The Lower Danube Region III. Far Away from the Empire 8. Demographic Collapse in East Central Europe: Poland at the end of Late Antiquity 9. Stability and Expansion in the Baltic Region 10. Was there Nomadic Pastoralism in the Steppe Lands of East Europe? 11. Nomadic Pastoralism in East Central Europe? The First Avar Century 12. Societies on the Edge: The Forest-Steppe Belt of Eastern Europe 13. Subsisting Without Social Hierarchy in the Forest Belt 14. Social Differentiation in the Central Parts of Eastern Europe 15. Prosperity in the Tiaga: The Far East of Eastern Europe IV. Specific Trends 16. Prosperity 17. Subsistence Economy 18. Crafts and Social Differentiation 19. Trade and Non-Commercial Exchanges 20. Social Change in Eastern Europe Conclusion Bibliography Index