Commerce and Cult
Confronted Ideologies in 6th–9th-Century Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10998618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Carver (0000-0002-7981-5741, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medieval Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0076-6097 • E-ISSN: 1745-817X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00766097.2015.1119404 |
| OpenAlex | W2289839957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
The REVIVAL of European trade and towns between the Roman and medieval periods has remained an enduring topic of enquiry. Some leading scholars argue that progress came when the elite chose to reinvest in the market, while others prefer to credit the spirit of merchant enterprise. New work on congregational cult sites and their Christian equivalents (monasteries) supports the idea that religion also lent a hand in stimulating trade and reinventing the town. In this paper it is argued that aristocratic, spiritual and merchant initiatives were often at odds with each other and could be prominent in turns. Four examples are selected to demonstrate political trajectories in different parts of Europe, north, central and south during the 6th to 9th century. The theme is that the reinvention of towns and the structure of the economy owed much to the prevailing ideology, the latter often revealed by the excavation of sites with an emphasis on cult.22 This paper was given in Ghent on 21 November at the invitation of the Vlaamse Werkgroep Mediëvistiek as the Pirenne Lecture for 2013
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |