The Carolingian Economy (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)

Verhulst, Adriaan

ISBN 10: 0521004748 / ISBN 13: 9780521004749

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Carolingian Economy (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521004748
• ISBN 13: 9780521004749
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics

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Synopsis

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 in English in over twenty years. The study of the Carolingian empire as an economic rather than a political entity can be justified both because of the major interference of political authority in the economy, and because of the distinctive economic characteristic of growth; and while some regions within the empire had a much more developed economy than others, the whole period is basically one of economic expansion, in parallel with the cultural upheaval of the 'Carolingian Renaissance'.

About the Author

Adriaan Verhulst was Ordinary Professor of Medieval Economic History, University of Ghent, 1966–95 (now Emeritus). His book The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe was published by Cambridge University Press in 1999.