"This book follows the renovation of European economic history towards a more unified interpretation of sources of growth and stagnation. To better understand the diversity of patterns of growth, we need to look beyond the study of the industrialization of the core economies, and explore the...

An Agrarian History of Portugal, 1000-2000: Economic Development on the European Frontier -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: State Formation and Malthusian Growth -- 1 The Reconquista and Its Legacy, 1000-1348...