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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banaji, Jairus, author.

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford classical monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Byzantine Empire.

Land reform.

Monetary policy--Byzantine Empire.

Monetary policy.

Byzantine Empire--Economic conditions.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Rural conditions.

Byzantine Empire--Social conditions.

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this critique of Weber's ideas on antiquity, Jairus Banaji argues that the late Roman Empire saw substantial economic and social change propelled by the widely circulated stable gold coinage and a growing aristocracy.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Rural Landscape of the Late Empire; 2. Weber, Mickwitz, and the Economic Characterization of Late Antiquity; 3. The Monetary Economy of the Late Empire and its Social Presuppositions; 4. Existing Accounts of the Byzantine Large Estate; 5. The Changing Balance of Rural Power AD 200-400; 6. A Late Antique Aristocracy; 7. Estates; 8. Wage Labour and the Peasantry; 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Tables 1-12; Appendix 2: CJ X. 27.2.1-9: A Translation

Appendix 3: The Relative Cohesion of Large Estates: Notes on the Topography of the Fayum in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries; Appendix 4: A Brief Update on the Aristocracy; Appendix 5: Chris Wickham and the End of Late Antiquity; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03804-X

1-281-34609-8

0-19-152957-5

OCLC:

476260047