Making Money in the Early Middle Ages
Author | : Rory Naismith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Coinage |
ISBN | : 9780691249346 |
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Author | : Rory Naismith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Coinage |
ISBN | : 9780691249346 |
Author | : Rory Naismith |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2023-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691249334 |
An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval Europe Between the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century and the economic transformations of the twelfth, coined money in western Europe was scarce and high in value, difficult for the majority of the population to make use of. And yet, as Rory Naismith shows in this illuminating study, coined money was made and used throughout early medieval Europe. It was, he argues, a powerful tool for articulating people’s place in economic and social structures and an important gauge for levels of economic complexity. Working from the premise that using coined money carried special significance when there was less of it around, Naismith uses detailed case studies from the Mediterranean and northern Europe to propose a new reading of early medieval money as a point of contact between economic, social, and institutional history. Naismith examines structural issues, including the mining and circulation of metal and the use of bullion and other commodities as money, and then offers a chronological account of monetary development, discussing the post-Roman period of gold coinage, the rise of the silver penny in the seventh century and the reconfiguration of elite power in relation to coinage in the tenth and eleventh centuries. In the process, he counters the conventional view of early medieval currency as the domain only of elite gift-givers and intrepid long-distance traders. Even when there were few coins in circulation, Naismith argues, the ways they were used—to give gifts, to pay rents, to spend at markets—have much to tell us.
Author | : Rory Naismith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9789004372467 |
Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages presents an original and valuable set of studies into aspects of a critical but challenging category of material.
Author | : Peter Spufford |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521375900 |
This is a full-scale study that explores every aspect of money in Europe and the Middle Ages.
Author | : Henry Maguire |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2019-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004383093 |
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.
Author | : Robert Sabatino Lopez |
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Release | : 200? |
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Author | : Jacques Le Goff |
Publisher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2012-10-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Jacques Le Goff sets out in this book to explain the role of money, or rather of the various types of money, in the economy, life and mentalities of the Middle Ages. He seeks also to explain how, in a society dominated by religion, the Church viewed money, and how it taught Christians what attitudes they should adopt towards it and towards the uses to which it could be put. He shows that, although money played an important role in the rise of towns and trade and in state formation, there was no capitalism but only a pre-capitalism in the Middle Ages, even by their end, in the absence of a truly global market. This is why economic development remained slow and limited, in spite of some remarkable success stories. It was a period in which it was as important to give money as it was to earn it. True wealth was not yet the wealth of this world, even though money played an increasingly large role in reality and in mentalities. No similar discussion of this subject, aimed at a wide readership, has previously been published. Written by one of the greatest medievalists, this book will be recognized as a standard work on the topic.
Author | : Roberto S. Lopez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1953 |
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Author | : Giles E. M. Gasper |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2016-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317094352 |
Bringing together essays from experts in a variety of disciplines, this collection explores two of the most important facets of life within the medieval Europe: money and the church. By focusing on the interactions between these subjects, the volume addresses four key themes. Firstly it offers new perspectives on the role of churchmen in providing conceptual frameworks, from outright condemnation, to sophisticated economic theory, for the use and purpose of money within medieval society. Secondly it discusses the dichotomy of money for the church and its officers: on one hand voices emphasise the moral difficulties in engaging with money, on the other the reality of the ubiquitous use of money in the church at all levels and in places within Christendom. Thirdly it places in dialogue interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches, and evidence from philosophy, history, literature and material culture, to the issues of money and church. Lastly, the volume provides new perspectives on the role of the church in the process of monetization in the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on northern Europe, from the early eleventh century to the beginning of the thirteenth century, the collection is able to explore the profound changes in the use of money and the rise of a money-economy that this period and region witnessed. By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the collection challenges current understanding of how money was perceived, understood and used by medieval clergy in a range of different contexts. It furthermore provides wide-ranging contributions to the broader economic and ethical issues of the period, demonstrating how the church became a major force in the process of monetization.