Κατεύθυνσης
Economic and Monetary History of Byzantium
Dr. Dimitrios Vachaviolos, Special Lab and Teaching Staff
Introduction (1st week): Definition. Methodology matters Bibliography cited and analysed History of research, new perspectives
Economic ideas and ideology of money in Byzantium: Theory and Practice (2nd week)
Economic phenomena in Byzantium and general economic features of each period (3nd–4th week)
Byzantine State Economy Fiscal policy: The state budget (5th week)
Fiscal policy: The Taxation (6th week)
Urban economy: Trade and exchanges, manufacturing, applied arts, professions and guilds (7th-8th week)
Agrarian economy: Cultivation methods and products, economic model of agricultural production, the wealthy landowners, the rural population, the village and the family as economic factors (9th-10th week)
Monetary system and administrative organization of the coin production (11th week)
Monetary reforms (12th week)
Money and markets in Byzantine world (13th week)