Dark Age Economics: The Origins of Towns and Trade A.D. 600-1000

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Author(s): Richard Hodges
Series: New Approaches in Archaeology
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Duckworth
Year: 1989

Language: English
Pages: 230
Tags: Archaeology, Economics, Middle Ages

Preface to the second edition vii
Introduction 1
1. The Shadow of Pirenne 6
2. Trading Systems from Theodoric to Charlemagne 29
3. The Emporia 47
4. A Gazetteer of Emporia: in Ottar's Footsteps 66
5. Dark Age Argonauts and their Craft 87
6. The Objects of Trade 104
7. Subsistence Strategies 130
8. Systemic Change: the Ninth Century 151
9. Market Places and Principles 162
10. The Evolution of States 185
Notes 199
References 211
Index 224