Readership: Medieval and ancient historians; students and scholars of social and economic history and archaeology.
Chris Wickham, Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford.
"a tremendous achievement, demonstrating mastery over half a dozen fields of scholarship." - David Abulafia, THES
Part I: States 1: Introduction 2: Geography and Politics 3: The Form of the State Part II: Aristocratic Power-Structures 4: Aristocracies 5: Managing the Land 6: Political Breakdown and State-Building in the North Part III: Peasantries 7: Peasants and Local Societies: Case Studies 8: Rural Settlement and Village Societies 9: Peasant Society and its Problems Part IV: Networks 10: Cities 11: Systems of Exchange Conclusion Bibliography Index
