Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy C.300 1450

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By (author): "Michael F. Hendy"
Publish Date: June 30th 1985
Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy C.300 1450
ISBN0521088526
ISBN139780521088527
AsinStudies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy C.300 1450
Original titleStudies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450
This 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.