The Field and the Forge: Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-industrial West in Bloomington, MN

The Field and the Forge
offers an innovative approach to the pre-industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This wide-ranging analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building, and explores why this scope was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west. This work not only considers the
who
and
what
of history, but provides a clear demonstration of
why
things happened.