Money and its Use in Medieval Europe
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521375908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 484 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Heavy reading for numismatists, historians, and DMs. Peter Spufford's highly detailed history of Medieval European money is an invaluable reference book for numismatists who want to know deep details of the coins they study, and for historians interested in the impact of trade, plunder, metal mining, and industry on the Medieval economy.Strangely, what I found it most useful for was as an aid to running fantasy role-playing games (e.g., Dungeons & Dragons). Spufford explains the impact of inflation in Medieval economies caused by the rapid influx of ready money (f
' a major contribution to numismatic literature, and a mature achievement by a scholar whose name will be well known to most readers It is a book to read and re-read, for it is the fruit of very wide historical learning, assimilated by an experienced monetary historian, who has thought constructively about the problems he discusses for half a life-time Highly recommended.' Michael Metcalf, Spink's Numismatic Circular
This is a full-scale study of the history of money, not merely of coinage, to have been written for medieval Europe. Chapters are arranged chronologically, rather than regionally or thematically, and offer a detailed picture of the many and changing roles played by money, in all its forms, in all parts of Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Thus money is seen as having differing values for differing parts of individual societies. Its scope extends from the mining of precious metals on the one hand, to banking, including the use of cheques and bills of exchange, on the other. The book is not limited to one country, or to any one period or theme, but extracts the most important elements for the historian across the broadest possible canvas. The book shows money moving and changing as a result of war and trade and other