Byzantine Economy

COVER......Page 1
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