Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500

Informationen zum Autor Steven A. Epstein is Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of numerous articles and five books on aspects of medieval social and economic history, including Genoa and the Genoese, 958–1528 and Purity Lost: Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000–1400. Klappentext This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. Zusammenfassung This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from around 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. Surveying the full extent of Europe! Steven Epstein illuminates family life! economic and social thought! war! technologies! and developments in trade! crafts! and agriculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Europe at the millennium; 2. Agriculture and rural life; 3. Trade 1000-1350; 4. Cities, guilds, and political economy; 5. Economic and social thought; 6. The Great Hunger and the Big Death: the calamitous fourteenth century; 7. Technology and consumerism; 8. War and social unrest; 9. Fifteenth-century portraits.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Steven A. Epstein, Steven A. (University of Kansas) Epstein, Epstein Steven A.
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521880367
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88036-7
• Pages: 304
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Moyen Age; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Général, dictionnaires; Europe, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval