Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity

Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance

AvBanaji

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del i serien Oxford Classical Monographs

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The economy of the late antique Mediterranean is still largely seen through the prism of Weber's influential essay of 1896. Rejecting that orthodoxy, 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. In successive chapters Dr Banaji adduces fresh evidence for the prosperity of the late Roman countryside, the expanding circulation of gold, the restructuring of agrarian elites, and the extensive use of paid labour, above all in the period spanning the fifth to seventh centuries. The papyrological evidence is scrutinised in detail to show that a key development entailed the rise of a new aristocracy whose estates were immune to the devastating fragmentation of partible inheritance, extensively irrigated, and responsive to market opportunities.The study offers a new perspective on the still largely contested issues of the use and control of labour, arguing that the East Mediterranean saw a considerable expansion of wage employment. A concluding chapter defines the more general issue raised by the aristocracy's involvement in the monetary and business economy of the period.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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-17
Mått:155 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:516 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Classical Monographs
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199226030

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Jairus Banaji is a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

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The argument is complex, but well presented, and will be of keen interest to all scholars and graduate students engaged in the study of the economy in late antiquity.

Innehållsförteckning

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

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Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity

Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance

AvBanaji

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del i serien Oxford Classical Monographs

1 477 kr

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Beskrivning

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-17
Mått:155 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:516 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Classical Monographs
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199226030

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Jairus Banaji is a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Recensioner i media

The argument is complex, but well presented, and will be of keen interest to all scholars and graduate students engaged in the study of the economy in late antiquity.

Innehållsförteckning

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