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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521088526
ISBN-139780521088527
eBay Product ID (ePID)70323086
Product Key Features
Number of Pages828 Pages
Publication NameStudies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy, C. 300-1450
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomic Conditions, Europe / General, Coins, Currency & Medals, Money & Monetary Policy
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaAntiques & Collectibles, Business & Economics, History
AuthorMichael F. Hendy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight51.1 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal332.49495
Table Of ContentList of plates; List of maps; List of tables; Abbreviations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Economy and Society: 1. The land; 2. The basic geography of settlement and society; Part II. Finance: 3. The budget; 4. The limiting factors; Part III. Coinage (Circulation): 5. Supply; 6. Supervision; Part IV: Coinage (Production): 7. Administrative basis; 8. History; Preliminary observations, future directions; Bibliographies; Key to plates; Indexes.
SynopsisThis book represents an attempt to depict the late Roman and Byzantine monetary economy in its fullest possible social, economic and administrative context, with the aim of establishing the basic dynamics behind the production of the coinage, the major mechanisms affecting its distribution, and the general characteristics of its behaviour once in circulation. The book consists of four main sections, on economy and society, on finance, and on the circulation and production of coinage, and has made an unrivalled contribution in the field of late classical, Byzantine and medieval economic history. The text is fully supported by the extensive quotation of translated sources, and by maps, tables and plates., This is a major study of the Byzantine coinage set in the wider context of finance, administration and economy. The book consists of four main sections, on economy and society, on finance, and on the circulation and production of coinage, and has made an unrivalled contribution in the field of late classical, Byzantine and medieval economic history.