6 High-demand systems
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Janel M. Fontaine
Abstract
The ninth and tenth centuries saw significant external demand for slaves and increases in the raiding that created them within the slaving zones of the British Isles and east central Europe. This chapter examines the connections between areas of demand and supply to further explore the context of the rise, peaks, and denouement of slave trading out of our two slaving zones. This encompasses the period of Viking settlement and trade expansion in the British Isles, as well as the consolidation of the English kingdom and the Danish conquest. In the Czech lands, slave trading is set against the backdrop of the Přemyslid dukes’ political ascendancy and shifting alliances and the development of Slavic and Hungarian states. These various contexts, some deliberate and some coincidental, enabled the establishment of long-distance trade routes that indirectly connected areas of supply with areas of demand. Exploration of these routes highlights the diversity of people involved and the variety of destinations of enslaved people.
Abstract
The ninth and tenth centuries saw significant external demand for slaves and increases in the raiding that created them within the slaving zones of the British Isles and east central Europe. This chapter examines the connections between areas of demand and supply to further explore the context of the rise, peaks, and denouement of slave trading out of our two slaving zones. This encompasses the period of Viking settlement and trade expansion in the British Isles, as well as the consolidation of the English kingdom and the Danish conquest. In the Czech lands, slave trading is set against the backdrop of the Přemyslid dukes’ political ascendancy and shifting alliances and the development of Slavic and Hungarian states. These various contexts, some deliberate and some coincidental, enabled the establishment of long-distance trade routes that indirectly connected areas of supply with areas of demand. Exploration of these routes highlights the diversity of people involved and the variety of destinations of enslaved people.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- List of abbreviations vii
- Maps ix
- Introduction 1
- I The economics of slave trading 17
- 1 Slavery within the slaving zones 19
- 2 External demand 46
- 3 Making slaves 75
- II Logistics and strategies of slaving 103
- 4 Warfare and enslavement 105
- 5 Small-scale slave trading 143
- 6 High-demand systems 165
- 7 Slaving and power 201
- Epilogue 230
- Bibliography 243
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- List of abbreviations vii
- Maps ix
- Introduction 1
- I The economics of slave trading 17
- 1 Slavery within the slaving zones 19
- 2 External demand 46
- 3 Making slaves 75
- II Logistics and strategies of slaving 103
- 4 Warfare and enslavement 105
- 5 Small-scale slave trading 143
- 6 High-demand systems 165
- 7 Slaving and power 201
- Epilogue 230
- Bibliography 243
- Index 273
