The Birth of the Western Economy: Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages

ISBN-13: 9780415846257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 376 str.

Robert Latouche

Opis

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Foreword by Philip Grierson  Introduction   Part 1: The Component Forces  1. The Roman World: State Control in the Late Empire   2. The Roman World: Conditions of Rural Life   3. The Germanic ‘World: Its Primitive Economy   4. The Christian Church: Its Economic Doctrine: The Result of its Triumph   Part 2: The Merovingian Age  1. Farming and Agriculture in the Very Early Middle Ages: Old Theories and New Horizons   2. Farming in the Very Early Middle Ages (cont.): Mansus, Villa and Husbandry   3. The Eclipse of Town Life and the Influence of the Church on its Evolution   4. The so-called ‘Grand Commerce’ of the Merovingian Period   5. Coinage and Currency: The Seas and Shipping   Part 3: The Early Carolingians: A Temporary Restoration  1. Charlemagne and a Controlled Economy: Reform of the Currency   2. Trade and Barter Under the Early Carolingians  3. The ‘Villa’ of Charlemagne’s Time: Farming and Manufacture   4. The Structure of the Great Estate and the Origin of the rural ‘Seigneurie’   Part 4: The Laborious Birth of a Western Civilization  1. The Vikings and Scandinavian Expansion   2. The Resurgence of Town Life and of Commercial Activity   3. The Expansion and Development of Agriculture in the Eleventh Century   Conclusion   Bibliography   Index

O autorze

M. Latouche was Professor of Mediev al History at the University of Grenoble, member of the Historical Commission of the National Centre of Scientific Research, and is the author of a number of books on the Medieval period.