Slave Trading in the Early Middle Ages: Long-Distance Connections in Northern and East Central Europe

by Janel M Fontaine

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526160099
• ISBN13: 9781526160096
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 296 Pages