This study of late medieval Sicily develops a critique of theories of dependence through trade, and a new interpretation of the late medieval economy. It thus addresses current debates on the origins of modern Italian economic dualism, and on the transition from feudalism to capitalism in early modern Europe. Dr Epstein argues that economic development during this period was shaped largely by regional political and institutional structures which regulated access to markets. Following the Black Death, many institutional and social constraints on commercialization were relaxed throughout western Europe as a result of social conflict and demographic change. Peasants became more commercialized; economic growth occurred through regional integration and specialization. The Sicilian economy also expanded and became increasingly export-oriented. although only a small proportion of its output was shipped abroad before 1500. Late medieval Sicily is thus shown to have been neither underdeveloped nor dependent on foreign manufactures and trade.
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This study of late medieval Sicily develops a critique of theories of dependence through trade, and a new interpretation of the late medieval economy. Following the Black Death, many institutional and social constraints on commercialization were relaxed throughout western Europe as a result of social conflict and demographic change.
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A problem that has haunted the Italian nation since its inception is that of the origins and causes of the current economic and social disparities between North and South. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
storia dello zucchero, hearth quota, patrimonio fondiario, rebus netinis, foreign cloth trade, toll franchises, demesne communities, foreign grain trade, zucchero siciliano, misto imperio, mercanti catalani, consommation des draps, demesne towns, fair franchises, civic nobility, tax hearths, interregional specialization, demographic slump, toll exemptions, cheese exports, low population pressure, trade franchises, dei panni, southern mainland, late medieval state Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Death, Monte San Giuliano, Del Treppo, Santa Lucia, Baviera Albanese, San Fratello, Mazzarese Fardella, Charles of Viana, San Filippo, Michele da Piazza, San Pietro Patti, Dentici Buccellato, Henri Bresc, Pietro Gaetani, Santo Stefano, Straits of Messina, Artale Alagona, Francesco Ventimiglia, San Marco, Benedetto Croce, Gioiosa Guardia, Vicens Vives, Alfonso the Magnanimous, Histoire de Jeanne Ire, King Alfonso New!
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A problem that has haunted the Italian nation since its inception is that of the origins and causes of the current economic and social disparities between North and South. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
storia dello zucchero, hearth quota, patrimonio fondiario, rebus netinis, foreign cloth trade, toll franchises, demesne communities, foreign grain trade, zucchero siciliano, misto imperio, mercanti catalani, consommation des draps, demesne towns, fair franchises, civic nobility, tax hearths, interregional specialization, demographic slump, toll exemptions, cheese exports, low population pressure, trade franchises, dei panni, southern mainland, late medieval state Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Death, Monte San Giuliano, Del Treppo, Santa Lucia, Baviera Albanese, San Fratello, Mazzarese Fardella, Charles of Viana, San Filippo, Michele da Piazza, San Pietro Patti, Dentici Buccellato, Henri Bresc, Pietro Gaetani, Santo Stefano, Straits of Messina, Artale Alagona, Francesco Ventimiglia, San Marco, Benedetto Croce, Gioiosa Guardia, Vicens Vives, Alfonso the Magnanimous, Histoire de Jeanne Ire, King Alfonso New!
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- The Two Italies: Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series) by David Abulafia on page 10, page 201, and page 243
- The Middle Ages (History Firsthand) by Bruno Leone on page 183, and Back Matter
- The Middle Ages (Human Story) by Roslin Miller in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reading Capital (The Verso Classics Series) by Louis Althusser on page 22, and Back Matter
- The History of Sicily by M. I. Finley on page 27, and Back Matter
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