Environment and Society in Byzantium, 650-1150

Alexander Olson received a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, USA where he studied Byzantine and environmental history. He now enjoys working as a bureaucrat.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Middle Byzantium's Environmental and Economic Antecedents​.- 3. An Evergreen Empire.- 4. The Decline of the Olive in Middle Byzantium.- 5. Re-arranging Woods and Scrub.- 6. The Return of the Olive.- 7. The Devil Chops Wood.- 8. Conclusion.