Norman John Greville Pounds 
An Economic History of Medieval Europe [PDF ebook] 

A clear and readable account of the development of the European economy and its infrastructure from the second century to 1500. Professor Pounds provides a balanced view of the many controversies within the subject, and he has a particular gift for bringing a human dimension to its technicalities. He deals with continental Europe as a whole, including an unusually rich treatment of Eastern Europe. For this welcome new edition — the first in twenty years — text and bibliography have been reworked and updated throughout, and the book redesigned and reset.