Slave trading in the Early Middle Ages: Long-distance connections in northern and east central Europe
Resource type
Book
Creator (person)
Fontaine, Janel M
Date published
February 2025
Abstract
This book examines slave trading in northern and eastern central Europe from the seventh century through the eleventh century, tracing its growth, climax, and decline. Demand from the Islamic world in the ninth and tenth centuries prompted changes in warfare, trade logistics, and administrative responses to slavery in the slaving zones centred on the British Isles and the Czech lands. This study establishes slave trading as a core driver of connectivity and presents a model for this practice in politically fragmented areas of Europe.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Rights statement
In Copyright