Politics, Economy, and Environment from the Middle to the Late Byzantine Period
摘要
The final chapter of Part I is a short presentation of the political climate of the era. It introduces the reader to the political and economic developments from roughly the eighth to the mid-fifteenth century. The chapter examines the role of the Byzantine State and the landowners in the organisation and management of agricultural networks, the institutions and the state of the peasantry, as they evolved over these centuries.