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IMC 2017: Sessions

Session 537: A 'Dark Matter': Archaeology and History of Fiscal Estates, I - A Research Project, 9th-11th Centuries

Tuesday 4 July 2017, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:ERC Advanced Grant nEU-Med 'Origins of a New Economic Union (7th-12th Centuries): Resources, Landscapes & Political Strategies in a Mediterranean Region'
Organisers:Paolo Tomei, Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del sapere, Università di Pisa
Giacomo Vignodelli, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna
Moderator/Chair:Roberta Cimino, Department of History, University of Nottingham
Paper 537-aExtraction and Redistribution: 'Fiscal Economy' in the March of Tuscany - Written Sources, 10th Century
(Language: English)
Simone Maria Collavini, Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del sapere, Università di Pisa
Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - General, Economics - General, Numismatics
Paper 537-bExtraction and Redistribution: 'Fiscal Economy' in the March of Tuscany - Archaeological Sources, 10th Century
(Language: English)
Giovanna Bianchi, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e dei Beni Culturali, Università di Siena
Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - General, Economics - General, Numismatics
Paper 537-cExtraction and Redistribution: 'Fiscal Economy' in the March of Tuscany - Numismatic Sources, 10th Century
(Language: English)
Alessia Rovelli, Dipartimento di studi linguistico-letterari, storico-filosofici e giuridici, Università della Tuscia
Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - General, Economics - General, Numismatics
Abstract

The ERC project nEU-Med. Origins of a new economic union (7th-12th centuries) aims to understand the manner and timing of Western Mediterranean economic growth. Starting from a sample area, the Maremma coastal region, this session will offer a first reflection on the 10th century Tuscan economic system with a multidisciplinary approach. The march of Tuscany was a strong institutional framework, which was formed in the Carolingian age and lasted until the end of 11th century. Which were the resources at stake? How and where were they extracted and redistributed? What was the role of coinage in this system? Three different points of view will be considered: written (Paper A), archaeological (Paper B) and numismatic sources (Paper C).