The Early Growth of the European Economy: Warriors and Peasants from the Seventh to the Twelfth Century

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Near Fine. 1978. First Edition Thus; Third Printing. Paperback. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows a hint of wear to the extremities and very faint shelf-soiling to the bottom edge of the text block; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and an unobtrusive cosmetic imperfection. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Virtually "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches). Bibliographical Guide. Index. Illustrated with duotone maps and figures. Translated from the French by Howard B. Clarke. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. World Economic History Series. Paperback. Georges Duby (1919 – 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s to his death. In 2019, his work was published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, making him one of only a small handful of historians to receive such an honor, putting him in company with Herodotus, Thucydides, Ibn Khaldoun, Froissart and France's own Jules Michelet. In this book, the techniques and insights of modern social science are applied to early medieval history in this extraordinary work. Professor Duby offers a chronological account of the European economy from its primitive beginnings, through a period when an extensive trading community developed, to an era when circulation of money and urban growth came to overshadow agricultural activities. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the history of the countryside, particularly the French countryside, he has authoritatively identified the moving forces behind economic behavior and economic growth in the early Middle Ages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xi, 292 pages .