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Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.134J
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2012English
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This course will survey the conditions of material life and changing social and economic conditions in medieval Europe with reference to the comparative context of contemporary Islamic, Chinese, and central Asian experiences. Subject covers the emergence and decline of feudal institutions, the transformation of peasant agriculture, living standards and the course of epidemic disease, and the ebb and flow of long-distance trade across the Eurasian system.

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