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Ragkou, Katerina (2018). The Economic Centrality of Urban Centers in the Medieval Peloponnese: Late 11th-Mid-14th Centuries. Land, 7 (4). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2073-445X

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Abstract

The Peloponnese, a province of the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries, was divided into three distinct political entities after 1204: the Frankish Principality of Achaia, the Venetian colonies of Modon and Coron, and the Byzantine lands in the southeast. The number and size of cities in the Peloponnese during the 11th and 12th centuries expanded, and the establishment of the new political entities of the 13th century did not hinder the development of its urban centers. New urban centers appeared, and the dynamics of the old urban centers witnessed a major shift. The focus of this paper is on port towns, since the majority of the available data derive from them, and aims to investigate the economic centrality of the port towns in the Peloponnese in the context of their environs, economic activities, and their position in the eastern Mediterranean exchange system. The theoretical framework is based on concepts of network theory, centrality, and economic complexity, as well as on a thorough evaluation of the material and textual evidence. In doing so, the economic profile of each central place is reconstructed, as well as a comparison between them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ragkou, Katerina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-162938
DOI:	10.3390/land7040153
Journal or Publication Title:	Land
Volume:	7
Number:	4
Date:	2018
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	2073-445X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language POTTERY Multiple languages Environmental Studies Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16293