The Birth of Western Economy: Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Part I - The Component Forces 1
• Chapter I - The Roman World: State Control in the Late Empire 3
• Chapter II - The Roman World: Conditions of Rural Life 18
• Chapter III - The Germanic World: Its Primitive Economy 29
• Chapter IV - The Christian Church: Its Economic Doctrine: the Result of Its Triumph 48
• Part II - The Merovingian Age 57
• Chapter I - Farming and Agriculture in the Very Early Middle Ages: Old Theories and New Horizons 59
• Chapter II - Farming in the Very Early Middle Ages (cont.): Mansus, Villa and Husbandry 73
• Chapter III - The Eclipse of Town Life and the Influence of the Church on Its Evolution 97
• Chapter IV - The So-Called 'Grand Commerce' of the Merovingian Period 117
• Chapter V - Coinage and Currency. the Seas and Shipping 126
• Part III - The Early Carolingians: A Temporary Restoration 141
• Chapter I - Charlemagne and A Controlled Economy. Reform of the Currency 143

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Part I - The Component Forces 1
• Chapter I - The Roman World: State Control in the Late Empire 3
• Chapter II - The Roman World: Conditions of Rural Life 18
• Chapter III - The Germanic World: Its Primitive Economy 29
• Chapter IV - The Christian Church: Its Economic Doctrine: the Result of Its Triumph 48
• Part II - The Merovingian Age 57
• Chapter I - Farming and Agriculture in the Very Early Middle Ages: Old Theories and New Horizons 59
• Chapter II - Farming in the Very Early Middle Ages (cont.): Mansus, Villa and Husbandry 73
• Chapter III - The Eclipse of Town Life and the Influence of the Church on Its Evolution 97
• Chapter IV - The So-Called 'Grand Commerce' of the Merovingian Period 117
• Chapter V - Coinage and Currency. the Seas and Shipping 126
• Part III - The Early Carolingians: A Temporary Restoration 141
• Chapter I - Charlemagne and A Controlled Economy. Reform of the Currency 143
• Chapter II - Trade and Barter Under the Early Carolingians 155
• Chapter III - The 'Villa' of Charlemagne's Time: Farming and Manufacture 176
• Chapter IV - The Structure of the Great Estate and the Origin of the Rural 'seigneurie' 190
• Part IV - The Laborious Birth of A Western Civilization 209
• Chapter I - The Vikings and Scandinavian Expansion 211
• Chapter II - The Resurgence of Town Life and of Commercial Activity 235
• Chapter III - The Expansion and Development of Agriculture in the Eleventh Century 268
• Conclusion 301
• Index 329