Klappentext: Das Jahrtausend zwischen der Krise der Spätantike und dem kulturellen Aufstieg Europas im Hochmittelalter war von der Entwicklung neuer Formen des Zusammenlebens geprägt, begleitet vom Ringen um veränderte Auffassungen von "Gesellschaft". Die Meinung, aus der christlichen Vision...

pt. 1. Methodology -- pt. 2. Market performance in Babylonia and the Mediterranean in antiquity -- pt. 3. Market performance from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century -- pt. 4. Markets and money -- pt. 5. Long-term patterns -- pt. 6. Conclusion.

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