拜占廷灭亡的原因历来引起人们的关注,对其中经济因素的分析首先在苏联学者中开展,并取得了相当重要的成就。苏联著名拜占廷学者乌达里曹娃曾全面讨论了有关的原始资料和学术观点,她指出,不能把拜占廷灭亡的原因简单归于奥斯曼土耳其人的军事胜利,应从广泛的历史中去寻找内在原因,若“想顺利完成这个任务,必须研究晚期拜占廷的社会经济和政治关系”。她对晚期拜占廷经济生活的分析为人们提供了有益的启示。然而,她的分 The cause of Byzantium’s demise has always drawn people’s attention. The analysis of the economic factors among them first took place among Soviet scholars and achieved quite significant achievements. The well-known Byzantine scholar in the Soviet Union, Udalvya Cao, had a comprehensive discussion of the original sources and academic opinions. She pointed out that the reason for the inability of the Byzantine to be simply attributed to the military victory of the Ottoman Turks should be sought from a wide range of histories If “wanting to accomplish this task smoothly, we must study the socio-economic and political relations of the late Byzantium.” Her analysis of the economic life of the late Byzantin provided useful insights. However, she points