Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity

• Integrates a wide range of sources
• Combines detailed historical data with analysis of the ancient economy
• Approaches the 'End of the Ancient World' in a way that challenges established interpretations, such as that of Max Weber

Readership: Scholars and students of the history of late antiquity; papyrologists working on the Roman world; ancient historians; and economic historians.

Jairus Banaji, Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Introduction
1: The Rural Landscape of the Late Empire
2: Weber, Mickwitz, and the Economic Characterization of Late Antiquity
3: The Monetary Economy of the Late Empire and its Social Presuppositions
4: Existing Accounts of the Byzantine Large Estate
5: The Changing Balance of Rural Power AD 200-400
6: A Late Antique Aristocracy
7: Estates
8: Wage Labour and the Peasantry
9: Conclusion