Merchants in Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21219759 |
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| Authors | Ireneusz Milewski (0000-0001-5743-8060, University of Gdańsk, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Pages | 501-509 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Ceranea Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2084-140X • E-ISSN: 2449-8378 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18778/2084-140x.14.08 |
| OpenAlex | W4405722941 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article deals with accounts devoted to merchants and merchant activity that can be found in hagiographic texts from the early Byzantine era. Such accounts are few and far between, which is surprising, especially when compared to the patristic texts of the time. The accounts pertain both to rich merchants and to small “retail” vendors whom the merchants employed to distribute the imported goods or to sell them at market fairs. As shown by the cases dealt with in this article, merchants ran a serious risk of losing their merchandise, which could either be stolen (the case described by Theodoret of Cyrus) or destroyed as a result of naval disasters (cases described by Leontios of Neapolis)
Ancient history · Art · Business · Byzantine architecture · Commerce · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History · Society, Economy, and Ethics Research
| Highly cited | No |
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