Minting, State, and Economy in the Visigothic Kingdom

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"Kurt has made an outstanding effort of assembling this large and challenging body of work and placing it in the context of economic and political questions of wider interest. [...] The Visigothic kingdom has been relatively neglected by anyone other than its specialists-due partly to its abrupt historical end and partly to the deficiencies of the sources-but Kurt's book turns this situation around completely. Although many of his conclusions will be debated, by bringing together a major body of neglected evidence for the actual functioning of a post-Roman successor state, he has put the Visigoths in a central position for any progress in understanding the development of early medieval states from the legacy of late antiquity."
- David Yoon, American Numismatic Society, Speculum 96/4 (October 2021)

"The monograph is an exemplary work of inter-disciplinary scholarship that draws from the work of previous numismatists and those who are currently active. It is a fine blend of history and archaeology. [...] Institutions are encouraged to make room for this book in their collections to give access to all those interested, academic and novice alike. [...] Andrew Kurt is to be lauded for such a superb work of scholarship that will for sure have an important place in Visigothic numismatics from this point forward."
- Alberto Ferreiro, Francia Recensio, Mittelalter - Moyen Age (500-1500), 2021, 1

"Estamos ante una obra que cubre gran parte de las lagunas persistentes hasta el momento en el campo de la numismatica visigoda y que, sin duda, se convertira en una referencia obligada."
- Cruces Blazquez Cerrato, Zephyrus: Journal of Prehistory and Archeology 2020, 86

"Kurt's book is both an important and significant contribution to scholarship on Visigothic fiscal, numismatic and governance issues. [...] Kurt succeeds in mediating the complexities of the historiographical issues and renders these into a tight and well-structured argument based on impressive technical and historical foundations."
- Christopher Heath, Al-Mas.q, Vol. 34, Iss. 1