Inge Lyse Hansen is researching on Roman art history at the University of Edinburgh.Chris Wickham, D.Phil. (1975) in History, University of Oxford, is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Birmingham.

'...this is an impressive series that more than justifies the workshop approach and shows what can be achieved when scholars actually talk to each other in a frank and open exchange of ideas. Further volumes are eagerly awaited.'Andrew Reynolds, Medieval Archaeology, 2002.

• List of illustrationsIntroduction Chris WickhamConcepts of the early medieval economy John MorelandExchange and politics: the eighth-early ninth century in Denmark Ulf NasmanThe significance of production in eighth-century England John MorelandRoman cities, emporia and new towns (sixth-ninth centuries) Adriaan VerhulstThe role of the monasteries in the systems of production and exchange of the Frankish world between the seventh and the beginning of the ninth century Stephane LebecqBefore or after mission. Social relations across the middle and lower Rhine in the seventh and eight centuries Ian WoodMarseille and the Pirenne thesis II: ”ville morte” S.T. LosebySome considerations on the coinage of Lombard and Carolingian Italy Alessia RovelliProduction, distribution and demand in the Byzantine world, c. 660-840 John HaldonProduction, echange and regional trade in the Islamic East Mediterranean: old structures, new systems? Alan WalmsleyOverview: production, distribution and demand, II Chris WickhamIndex