The Cambridge World History of Slavery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521840675)

Medieval slavery has received little attention relative to slavery in ancient Greece and Rome and in the early modern Atlantic world. This imbalance in the scholarship has led many to assume that slavery was of minor importance in the Middle Ages. In fact, the practice of slavery continued unabated across the globe throughout the medieval millennium. This volume - the final volume in The Cambridge World History of Slavery - covers the period between the fall of Rome and the rise of the transatlantic plantation complexes by assembling twenty-three original essays, written by scholars acknowledged as leaders in their respective fields. The volume demonstrates the continual and central presence of slavery in societies worldwide between 500 CE and 1420 CE. The essays analyze key concepts in the history of slavery, including gender, trade, empire, state formation and diplomacy, labor, childhood, social status and mobility, cultural attitudes, spectrums of dependency and coercion, and life histories of enslaved people.

Author: David Eltis
ISBN-10: 0521840678
ISBN-13: 9780521840675
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/12/2021
Pages: 602
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 8.10w x 1.40d