Roads to recovery: An investigation of early medieval agrarian strategies in Byzantine Italy in and around the eighth century

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 332, 2012, Pages 444-455

  Arthur, Paul ^a   Fiorentino, Girolamo ^a   Grasso, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Byzantium; Economic recovery; Eighth century AD; Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861690836     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00062864     Document Type: Article

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