Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

The Southern English Kingdoms, 757–865

By:

Rory Naismith

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

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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.

Author Biography:

Rory Naismith is a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge, working in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge and the Department of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Release date NZ

October 6th, 2011

Author

Rory Naismith

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 119 Halftones, unspecified; 28 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

370

Series

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

Dimensions

152x229x22

ISBN-13

9781107006621

Product ID

10831537

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