2nd Edition

An Economic History of Medieval Europe

By Norman John Greville Pounds Copyright 1994
552 Pages
by Routledge

552 Pages
by Routledge

552 Pages
by Routledge

A clear and readable account of the development of the European economy and its infrastructure from the second century to 1500. Professor Pounds provides a balanced view of the many controversies within the subject, and he has a particular gift for bringing a human dimension to its technicalities. He deals with continental Europe as a whole, including an unusually rich treatment of Eastern Europe.... Read more
List of figures.
List of abbreviations.
Foreward to the first edition.
Foreward to the second edition.
1. The later Roman Empire.
2. The early middle ages.
3. The expansion of the medieval economy.
4. The population of medieval Europe.
5. Agriculture and Rural life.
6. The development of the medieval town.
7. Medieval manufacturing.
8. Trade in the middle ages.
9. The commercial revolution.
10. The late middle ages.
Bibliography.
Index.

Biography

Norman John Greville Pounds