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Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West

byJamie Kreiner

In the early medieval West, from North Africa to the British Isles, pigs were a crucial part of agriculture and culture. Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West combines scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of business & economics and history, Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

400

ISBN

9780300246292