The Byzantine Economy (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
Angeliki E. Laiou, Ce´cile Morrison, Cécile MorrissonAcrobat Distiller 7.0.5 for Macintosh
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HALF-TITLE......Page 3
SERIES-TITLE......Page 4
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
MAPS......Page 9
FIGURES......Page 10
TABLES......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
Land and environment: geography, climate, natural resources and their use......Page 22
Maritime conditions......Page 27
The human factor......Page 30
Intangible resources and institutional environment......Page 31
The role of family structures......Page 32
Literacy......Page 33
Science and technical knowledge......Page 35
II THE LATE ANTIQUE ECONOMY AND THE SHIFT TO MEDIEVAL STRUCTURES (SIXTH–EARLY EIGHTH CENTURIES)......Page 37
Wealth and prosperity of the early byzantine economy in the first half of the sixth century......Page 38
“Decay,” crisis and the transformation of the economy ( c.550–early eighth century)......Page 52
III RESTRUCTURING, RECOVERY AND CONTROLLED EXPANSION (EARLY EIGHTH TO TENTH CENTURIES)......Page 57
Policies of economic integration and articulation......Page 63
Ideology......Page 75
Natural resources: loss and recovery......Page 77
Agriculture: tools, techniques and products......Page 78
Landlords and peasants: village (chorion) versus estate (proasteion)......Page 82
Secondary production......Page 84
Urban economy: actors and institutions......Page 85
Urban economy: production......Page 87
Exchange and trade......Page 94
Monetary developments......Page 98
Conclusion......Page 103
IV THE AGE OF ACCELERATED GROWTH (ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES)......Page 104
Demography......Page 105
Agricultural activity and mechanisms......Page 110
Landlords and peasants, production and investment......Page 115
Pottery......Page 129
Glass......Page 135
Textiles......Page 139
The urban economy......Page 144
Demand and distribution......Page 147
Merchants, bankers and investment......Page 153
Byzantium and the opening markets......Page 156
Monetary developments......Page 161
Policies......Page 169
Ideology......Page 174
Conclusion......Page 178
V SMALL-STATE ECONOMICS (FROM SOMETIME IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY)......Page 180
The role and importance of scale......Page 181
Demography......Page 183
Agricultural resources and production......Page 184
Landlords and peasants, production and investment......Page 187
Shifts in demand and production......Page 196
Pottery......Page 198
Glass......Page 203
Textiles......Page 204
The urban economy......Page 209
The creation of a Mediterranean trade system......Page 214
Markets and products old and new, domestic and international......Page 218
Markets and privileges......Page 221
Merchants and bankers......Page 224
Monetary developments......Page 229
Policies and degrees of freedom......Page 238
Ideology......Page 241
The Byzantine Economy as Exemplar......Page 245
The Byzantine and the Western medieval economies......Page 249
Primary source s......Page 262
Secondary works......Page 264
INDEX......Page 274
HALF-TITLE 3
SERIES-TITLE 4
TITLE 5
COPYRIGHT 6
CONTENTS 7
MAPS 9
FIGURES 10
TABLES 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12
ABBREVIATIONS 13
INTRODUCTION 15
I NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES 22
Land and environment: geography, climate, natural resources and their use 22
Maritime conditions 27
The human factor 30
Intangible resources and institutional environment 31
The role of family structures 32
Literacy 33
Science and technical knowledge 35
II THE LATE ANTIQUE ECONOMY AND THE SHIFT TO MEDIEVAL STRUCTURES (SIXTH–EARLY EIGHTH CENTURIES) 37
Wealth and prosperity of the early byzantine economy in the first half of the sixth century 38
“Decay,” crisis and the transformation of the economy ( c.550–early eighth century) 52
III RESTRUCTURING, RECOVERY AND CONTROLLED EXPANSION (EARLY EIGHTH TO TENTH CENTURIES) 57
State intervention and economic development 63
Policies of economic integration and articulation 63
Ideology 75
Primary production 77
Natural resources: loss and recovery 77
Agriculture: tools, techniques and products 78
Landlords and peasants: village (chorion) versus estate (proasteion) 82
Secondary production 84
Urban economy: actors and institutions 85
Urban economy: production 87
Exchange and trade 94
Monetary developments 98
Conclusion 103
IV THE AGE OF ACCELERATED GROWTH (ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES) 104
Demography 105
Primary production 110
Agricultural activity and mechanisms 110
Landlords and peasants, production and investment 115
Secondary production 129
Pottery 129
Glass 135
Textiles 139
The urban economy 144
Exchange 147
Demand and distribution 147
Merchants, bankers and investment 153
Byzantium and the opening markets 156
Monetary developments 161
The state recedes 169
Policies 169
Ideology 174
Conclusion 178
V SMALL-STATE ECONOMICS (FROM SOMETIME IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY) 180
The role and importance of scale 181
Demography 183
Primary production 184
Agricultural resources and production 184
Landlords and peasants, production and investment 187
Secondary production 196
Shifts in demand and production 196
Pottery 198
Glass 203
Textiles 204
The urban economy 209
Exchange 214
The creation of a Mediterranean trade system 214
Markets and products old and new, domestic and international 218
Markets and privileges 221
Merchants and bankers 224
Monetary developments 229
A weak state abandons the economy 238
Policies and degrees of freedom 238
Ideology 241
VI THE BYZANTINE ECONOMY AS EXEMPLAR; THE BYZANTINE AND THE WESTERN MEDIEVAL ECONOMIES 245
The Byzantine Economy as Exemplar 245
The Byzantine and the Western medieval economies 249
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 262
Primary source s 262
Secondary works 264
INDEX 274
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