Textile Prices in Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts. Three Case Studies

This text analyzes three early Byzantine source accounts on clothing prices from the beginning of the 5th to the early 7th centuries in Italy (Rome), Palestine (probably in Jerusalem), and Egypt (Alexandria). The compiled and discussed narrations were compared with other contemporary source reports,...

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Published inStudia Ceranea Vol. 10; no. 10; pp. 399 - 413
Main Author Milewski, Ireneusz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
German
Published Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 01.12.2020
Lodz University Press
Subjects
6th to 12th Centuries
early byzantine hagiography
early byzantium
Economic history
History
late roman economy
prices in early byzantium
early Byzantium
late Roman economy
prices in early Byzantium
early Byzantine hagiography
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Summary:This text analyzes three early Byzantine source accounts on clothing prices from the beginning of the 5th to the early 7th centuries in Italy (Rome), Palestine (probably in Jerusalem), and Egypt (Alexandria). The compiled and discussed narrations were compared with other contemporary source reports, which feature analogical figures describing the amount of prices, wages, taxes, and other values or distances. By making a comparative analysis, the author came to the conclusion that these data are recurrent, and, therefore, unreliable. This observation also applies to the clothing prices discussed in the text, which, undoubtedly, should be considered topical.
ISSN:2084-140X
2449-8378
DOI:10.18778/2084-140X.10.19