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Silver, butter, cloth : monetary and social economies in the Viking age / Jane Kershaw, Gareth Williams, Søren Sindbæk, and James Graham-Campbell.
LIBRA HC344 .S55 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medieval history and archaeology
- Medieval History and Archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Viking.
- Coinage--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.
- Coinage.
- Silver coins--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.
- Silver coins.
- Viking antiquities.
- History.
- Scandinavia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- 'Silver, Butter, Cloth' discusses what constituted 'money' in the Viking Age, and how 'money' was used? It is widely accepted that silver constituted the main form of currency. Contributors examine how silver functioned as payment but also explores the monetary role of non-silver currencies in the Viking economy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198827989
- 9780198827986
- OCLC:
- 1039611982
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