21H.416 Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective, Spring 2002

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Author(s)
McCants, Anne E. C. (Anne Elizabeth Conger), 1962-
Alternative Title
Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective
Date Issued
June 2002
Abstract
This course will survey the conditions of material life and the changing social and economic relations 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. Particular emphasis will be placed on the study of those factors, both institutional and technological, which have contributed to the emergence of capitalist organization and economic growth in western Europe in contrast to the trajectories followed by the other major medieval economies.
Subjects
medieval Europe
society
economy
feudalism
agriculture
disease
epidemic
capitalism
Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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