NOV. 13:  EARLY MEDIEVAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

 

Agriculture, the basis of the economy:

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The Produce of the Land Personified:  Provinces bringing tribute

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Trade, Commerce and the Moral Economy:

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What happens to those who are left out:

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Monasteries as centers of technological innovation:  the water system at Christ Church, Canterbury

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Agricultural changes:  the heavy plow

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