The Carolingian Economy [Paperback]

This book is a comprehensive evaluation of the economy of the Carolingian empire (753877).This book is about the economy of the Carolingian empire (753 877), which extended from the Pyrenees and the northern shores of the Mediterranean to the North Sea, and from the Atlantic coast to the Elbe and Saale rivers. It is the first comprehensive evaluation of the topic to appear in English in over twenty years. Aspects of land and people, agrarian production and technique, craft and industry, and regional and international commerce are analysed, and the Carolingian economy is reassessed in a European context.This book is about the economy of the Carolingian empire (753 877), which extended from the Pyrenees and the northern shores of the Mediterranean to the North Sea, and from the Atlantic coast to the Elbe and Saale rivers. It is the first comprehensive evaluation of the topic to appear in English in over twenty years. Aspects of land and people, agrarian production and technique, craft and industry, and regional and international commerce are analysed, and the Carolingian economy is reassessed in a European context.The economy of the Carolingian empire (753-877), extended from the Pyrenees and the northern shores of the Mediterranean to the North Sea, and from the Atlantic coast to the Elbe and Saale rivers. Aspects of land and people, agrarian production and technique, craft and industry, and regional and international commerce are analyzed, and the Carolingian economy is reassessed in a European context.Introduction; Part I. Land and People: 1. Landscape and settlement; 2. Demography; 3. Agricultural production; Part II. Production: 4. Agricultural technique; 5. Craft and industrial practice; Part III. Commerce: 6. Organisation; 7. Directions of trade; 8. Money and price movements; Part IV. The Dynamics of Carolingian Economy: 9. The economy and the state; 10. The long perspective; Bibliography. The Caroligian Economy is an extremely useful compendium, orderly and dlâ