Agrarian change in late antiquity [[electronic resource] ] : gold, labour, and aristocratic dominance / / Jairus Banaji

• Autore: Banaji Jairus <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [U.K.] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 937
• Soggetto topico: Land tenure - Rome; Land tenure - Byzantine Empire; Administration of estates - Rome; Administration of estates - Byzantine Empire
• Soggetto geografico: Rome History Empire, 284-476; Rome Economic conditions 30 B.C.-476 A.D; Byzantine Empire History To 527; Byzantine Empire Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; 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; Appendix 1: Tables 1-12; Appendix 2: CJ X. 27.2.1-9: A Translation ; Appendix 3: The Relative Cohesion of Large Estates: Notes on the Topography of the Fayum in the Sixth and Seventh CenturiesAppendix 4: A Brief Update on the Aristocracy; Appendix 5: Chris Wickham and the End of Late Antiquity; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; Z; Bibliography; Further Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: In a critique of Max Weber's influential ideas about the Mediterranean region in late antiquity, Jairus Banaji shows that the fourth to seventh centuries were in fact a period of major social and economic change, bound up with an expanding circulation of gold.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity
• ISBN: 1-281-34609-8; 0-19-152957-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453384203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford classical monographs.