Monastic Economics in the Carolingian Age
Jean‐Pierre Devroey|Michael Webb
The notion of the monastic economy evokes two main questions: how did communities men and women who chose to fulfill ideal cenobitic life cope with their economic necessities, these interact environment (in microeconomic sense) structure general trends time macroeconomic sense)? Many scholars believe that monasteries had vibrant exchanges surroundings played a significant role in resurgence trade northwest Europe during seventh ninth centuries. According Henning, argued against this commonly held opinion, however, goal total autarky (which relates back original Benedict Nursia (d. c. 540) self-sufficiency) Carolingian period consistently negative effect on mercantile economy.
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