Farmers and Hoplites
Models of Historical Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23404232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Van Wees (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Men of Bronze (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.23943/princeton/9780691143019.003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W914685492 |
| ISBN | 9780691143019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
This chapter critiques the grand narrative of Hanson's The Other Greeks and argues that it is wrong in important respects. The chapter presents the social and economic changes in the eighth century that took place with the rise of the independent yeoman farmer and his culture of agrarianism as the driving force behind the political and military history of Greece. From the middle of the eighth century there was a class of elite leisured landowners that did not work the land themselves but supervised the toil of a large lower class of hired laborers and slaves. This era of gentlemen farmers who comprised the top 15–20 percent of society and competed with each other for status lasted for about two centuries. When the yeomen farmers emerged after the mid-sixth century, they joined the leisure class in the hoplite militia.
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |