Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500

Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary crisis. During the period 1200-1500, Europe wi...

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Main Author Kitsikopoulos, Harilaos
Format Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Taylor & Francis 2011
SeriesRoutledge Research in Medieval Studies
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ISBN9780415895781
0415895782

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Summary:Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary crisis. During the period 1200-1500, Europe witnessed endemic episodes of famine and a wave of plague epidemics that amounted to one of its worst health crises, rivaled only by the Justinian plague in the sixth century. These challenges called into question the production of goods and services and the distribution of wealth, opening the possibi
ISBN:9780415895781
0415895782