Chris Wickham, “The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180”
Offers an exciting new account of the Mediterranean economy in the tenth to twelfth centuriesDraws on and connects the documentary and archaeological sources for the first timeMakes a systematic comparison between Latin Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic WorldAims to change our view of the medieval economy as a whole
A new account of the Mediterranean economy in the 10th to 12th centuries, forcing readers to entirely rethink the underlying logic to medieval economic systems. Read more
