Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
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Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

The Southern English Kingdoms, 757–865

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Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

The Southern English Kingdoms, 757–865

About this book

This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and to situate this evidence within the wider historical context of Anglo-Saxon England and its continental neighbours. Its nine chapters integrate historical and numismatic research to explore who made early medieval coinage, who used it and why. The currency emerges as a significant resource accessible across society and, through analysis of its production, circulation and use, the author shows that control over coinage could be a major asset. This control was guided as much by ideology as by economics and embraced several levels of power, from kings down to individual craftsmen. Thematic in approach, this innovative book offers an engaging, wide-ranging account of Anglo-Saxon coinage as a unique and revealing gauge for the interaction of society, economy and government.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781107006621
eBook ISBN
9781139211222
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought MONEY AND POWER IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
  3. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. CONTENTS
  7. FIGURES
  8. MAPS
  9. TABLES
  10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  11. ABBREVIATIONS
  12. Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  13. Chapter 2 MONEY IN ITS POLITICAL CONTEXT
  14. Chapter 3 LOOKING AT COINAGE: ICONOGRAPHY AND INSCRIPTIONS
  15. Chapter 4 AUTHORITY AND MINTING I: THE KING
  16. Chapter 5 AUTHORITY AND MINTING II: MINTS, DIE-CUTTERS AND MONEYERS
  17. Chapter 6 VALUE JUDGEMENTS: WEIGHT AND FINENESS
  18. Chapter 7 PRODUCTION OF COINAGE
  19. Chapter 8 THE CIRCULATION OF COINAGE
  20. Chapter 9 THE NATURE OF COIN-USE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
  21. Chapter 10 CONCLUSION
  22. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  23. INDEX