Did ordinary people use coinage in eleventh century England, and if so, for what purposes? How widely was the economy monetised? Was coinage more plentiful in the Danelaw than elsewhere, and if not, why not? Was coinage used mainly for the payment of taxes, or for trade and commerce? Were four man and true required to witness every transaction of 4d or more? How many coins were minted in England? Questions such as these are put into a reliable context through the careful analysis of a random sample consisting of hundreds of single finds of coins.
Did ordinary people use coinage in eleventh century England, and if so, for what purposes? How widely was the economy monetised? Was coinage more plentiful in the Danelaw than elsewhere, and if not, why not? Was coinage used mainly for the payment of taxes, or for trade and commerce? Were four man and true required to witness every transaction of 4d or more? How many coins were minted in England? Questions such as these are put into a reliable context through the careful analysis of a random sample consisting of hundreds of single finds of coins.
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978-1-85444-110-2 (9781854441102)
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Contents: Monetary history from eleventh century coins; Assembling a working model of monetary circulation from the random evidence of single finds; Asking appropriate questions about the find-evidence and thinking about the arguments that would fit the questions; Continuity and change, and the age-structure of the currency; Regional characteristics of mint-activity and monetary circulation; Single finds from c973-1086; Monetary circulation in England; The Percentage share of the national output of coinage, type by type, for each of the mint-places; Index.
