Agrarian change in late antiquity : gold, labour, and aristocratic dominance / Jairus Banaji.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banaji, Jairus, 1947-

Series:

Oxford classical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Rome.

Land tenure.

Land tenure--Byzantine Empire.

Administration of estates--Rome.

Administration of estates.

Administration of estates--Byzantine Empire.

Economic conditions.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Economic conditions--30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Byzantine Empire--History--To 527.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xvii, 286 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book argues that the late empire saw substantial economic and social change, propelled by the powerful stimulus of a stable gold coinage that circulated widely. Exploiting a wide range of sources, Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity weaves together different strands of historiography (Weber, Mickwitz, papyrology, agrarian history) into a fascinating interpretation that challenges the minimalist orthodoxies about late antiquity and the ancient economy more generally.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-278) and index.

ISBN:

0199244405

OCLC:

45806466