Byzantine Egypt: Economic Studies. - JOHNSON, A.Ch., and L.C. WEST,
KORTE INHOUD
?This volume does for Byzantine Egypt what Prof. Johnson?s ?Roman Egypt? did for the earlier period, and the comparative neglect of the Byzantine age by papyrologists makes it even more welcome. It follows the same general plan as its predecessor. It falls into four main sections, land, people, defence, and taxation. As in the former volume, lists of documents are given under the various headings, e.g. sales and leases of land, besides such lists as those of building materials (?), pottery, drugs, prices, etc., and on pp.297-321 an alphabetical list of miscellaneous taxes. These are to the researcher perhaps the most valuable feature of the volume. The authors cover the ground with admirable thoroughness, giving evidence on every page of wide reading and acquaintance with all the sources, papyrological, legal, and literary. They write objectively, and treat with fairness views which they reject. There is no doubt that the volume will be of great utility, and with reservations it can be recommenced as an essen...
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Amsterdam, 1967. VIII,344p. Photomechanical reprint ed.1949. Original green gilt titled cloth. Spine discoloured. Upper corners cover slightly bumped. A lot of pencil markings and strikes from TR. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: JOHNSON, A.Ch., and L.C. WEST,] [Uitgever: Hakkert] [Jaar: 1967] [Titel: Byzantine Egypt: Economic Studies.]
