Hodges, Richard.

Dark Age Economics: The origins of towns and trade, AD 600-1000.

Second Edition. London, Duckworth, 2001. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. X, 230 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slightly fragile binding. Some underlinings, highlighted areas. [New Approaches in Archaeology]

Includes the following chapters: Preface to the second edition / Introduction / The Shadow of Pirenne / Trading Systems from Theodoric to Charlemagne / The Emporia / A Gazeteer of Emporia: in Ottar’s Footsteps / Dark Age Argonauts and their Craft / the Objects of Trade / Subsistence Strategies / Systemic Change: the Ninth Century / Market Places and Principles / The Evolution of States.

″It was in the second half of the first millennium A.D. that northern Europe took on the basic configuration that it now presents. Recently a wealth of new archaeological evidence has emerged to enable historians to assess the growth of international trade and the evolution of towns in this crucial period. This book analyses models of economic evelopment in the light of this new evidence to evaluate not only the changing character of the first post-Roman urban centers but also the organization of the countryside which supported them. Boat remains, coins and trade artifacts are all examined. Finally, a general account is offered of the role of towns and trade in the creation of Western Europe. This is the first synthesis of its kind for the medieval period, and confirms the importance of archaeology as a major source of evidence for an understanding of the economic history of the Dark Ages.” (Bloomsbury)

• Keywords: Charlemagne · Dark Ages · Economic history · economics · Economics – Rare · European History · European History – Rare · Theodoric
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780715616666
• Inventory Number: 72552AB

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