Chapter 7. The Producing Population
- John Haldon Professor
Published Online: 12 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305906.ch7
Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
The Social History of Byzantium
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How to Cite
Kaplan, M. (2009) The Producing Population, in The Social History of Byzantium (ed J. Haldon), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444305906.ch7
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History Department, Princeton University, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 12 MAR 2009
- Published Print: 28 NOV 2008
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405132404
Online ISBN: 9781444305906
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- producing population;
- laboring population in Byzantium - faced with major difficulties;
- peasant farmers, artisans working in villages, artisans for retail commerce;
- producers in countryside;
- agricultural techniques evolving slowly over course of Byzantine period - stability being the rule;
- end of ancient world;
- abandoned villages of Massif Calcaire east of Antioch - portrait of small and middle producers;
- predominance of independent peasantry;
- producers of cities - artisans and shopkeepers;
- industrial workers
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Producers in the Countryside
The Producers of the Cities
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