Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages / editor, Rory Naismith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Naismith, Rory, editor.

Series:

Reading medieval sources ; Volume 1.

Reading Medieval Sources Series ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Economic history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Money--Europe--History--To 1500.

Numismatics--Europe--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2018

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reading Medieval Sources is an exciting new series which leads scholars and students into some of the most challenging and rewarding sources from the European Middle Ages, and introduces the most important approaches to understanding them. Written by an international team of twelve leading scholars, this volume Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages presents a set of fresh and insightful perspectives that demonstrate the rich potential of this source material to all scholars of medieval history and culture. It includes coverage of major developments in monetary history, set into their economic and political context, as well as innovative and interdisciplinary perspectives that address money and coinage in relation to archaeology, anthropology and medieval literature. Contributors are Nanouschka Myrberg Burström, Elizabeth Edwards, Gaspar Feliu, Anna Gannon, Richard Kelleher, Bill Maurer, Nick Mayhew, Rory Naismith, Philipp Robinson Rössner, Alessia Rovelli, Lucia Travaini, and Andrew Woods.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Rory Naismith

Thinking about Medieval Money

Money and Currency / Gaspar Feliu

Money Orders—and It’s Done! Activating Theories of Money’s Origins and Orders / Bill Maurer

Key Phases of Medieval Money and Coinage

From the Fall of Rome to Charlemagne (c.400–800) / Alessia Rovelli

From Charlemagne to the Commercial Revolution (c.800–1150) / Andrew R. Woods

From the Commercial Revolution to the Black Death (c.1150–1350) / Richard Kelleher

From the Black Death to the New World (c.1350–1500) / Philipp Robinson Rössner

Themes in the Study of Medieval Money and Coinage

Money and Society / Rory Naismith

Money and the Economy / Nick Mayhew

Money, Coins, and Archaeology / Nanouschka Myrberg Burström

Money and Literature / Elizabeth Edwards

Art in the Round: Tradition and Creativity in Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage / Anna Gannon

Coins and Identity: From Mint to Paradise / Lucia Travaini

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004383098

9004383093

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004383098 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access