Robert Latouche

The Birth of the Western Economy

Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2005. The Carolingian Empire, short-lived as it was, is the central feature of those centuries of European history which are usefully if now somewhat unfashionably known as the Dark Ages. This book looks at complexity and diversity of economic conditions and economic aspects of the Dark Age

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780415846257
• ISBN-10: 0415846250
• Artikelnr.: 37087017

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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