Money and coinage in the Middle Ages

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.

Front Matter --; Copyright --; Figures and Tables --; Notes on Contributors --; Introduction /; Thinking about Medieval Money --; Money and Currency /; Money Orders—and It’s Done! Activating Theories of Money’s Origins and Orders /; Key Phases of Medieval Money and Coinage --; From the Fall of Rome to Charlemagne (c.400–800) /; From Charlemagne to the Commercial Revolution (c.800–1150) /; From the Commercial Revolution to the Black Death (c.1150–1350) /; From the Black Death to the New World (c.1350–1500) /; Themes in the Study of Medieval Money and Coinage --; Money and Society /; Money and the Economy /; Money, Coins, and Archaeology /; Money and Literature /; Art in the Round: Tradition and Creativity in Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage /; Coins and Identity: From Mint to Paradise /; Back Matter --; Bibliography --; Index. / Rory Naismith --; Gaspar Feliu --; Bill Maurer --; Alessia Rovelli --; Andrew R. Woods --; Richard Kelleher --; Philipp Robinson Rössner --; Rory Naismith --; Nick Mayhew --; Nanouschka Myrberg Burström --; Elizabeth Edwards --; Anna Gannon --; Lucia Travaini --