Slaves from the North : Finns and Karelians in the East European slave trade, 900-1600 / by Jukka Korpela.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korpela, Jukka, 1957- author.

Series:

Studies in global slavery ; v. 5.

Studies in global slavery ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Finland--History.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--Russia (Federation)--Karelia--History.

Slavery--Europe, Eastern--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Europe, Northern--History.

History.

Eastern Europe.

Northern Europe.

Finland.

Russia (Federation)--Karelia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 306 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

In this book Jukka Korpela offers an analysis of the trade in kidnapped Finns and Karelians into slavery in Eastern Europe. Blond slaves from the north of Europe were rare luxury items in Black Sea and Caspian markets, and the high prices they commanded stimulated and sustained a long-distance trade based on kidnapping in special robbery missions and war expeditions. Captives were sold into the Volga slave trade and transported through market webs further south. This business differed and was separate from the large-scale raids carried out on Crimeans for enslavement in Eastern Europe, or the mass kidnappings characteristic of Mediterranean slavery. The trade in Finns and Karelians provides new perspectives on the formation of the Russian state as well as the economic networks of official and unofficial markets in Eastern Europe.

Contents:

Introduction

Eastern European slave trade

Late medieval lords and warlords

The Northern forests

The state and its wealth

Conclusions: Finns, Karelians and human trafficking.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Korpela, Jukka, author. Slaves from the North

ISBN:

9789004377806

9004377808

OCLC:

1043566887

Publisher Number:

99983186407