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Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance

By Jairus Banaji

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
0199244405, 9780199244409
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2265378 bytes)
Series
Oxford Classical Monographs
Pages
330\330
Topic
History
Time added
2019-11-28 14:01:03

Description

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.

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