Divina Moneta
Coins in Religion and Ritual
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-0-367-59397-1 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection analyses the phenomenon of coin use for religious and ritual purposes in different cultures and across different periods of time. It proposes an engagement with the theory and interpretation of the 'material turn' with numismatic evidence, and an evidence-based series of discussions to offer a fuller, richer and fresh account of coin use in ritual contexts. No extensive publication has previously foregrounded coins in such a model, despite the fact that coins constitute an integrated part of the material culture of most societies today and of many in the past. Here, interdisciplinary discussions are organised around three themes: coin deposit and ritual practice, the coin as economic object and divine mediator, and the value and meaning of coin offering. Although focusing on the medieval period in Western Europe, the book includes instructive cases from the Roman period until today. The collection brings together well-established and emerging scholars from archaeology, art history, ethnology, history and numismatics, and great weight is given to material evidence which can complement and contradict the scarce written sources.
Reviews / Votes
'... essential reading for all those interested in how coins are actually used by people in their daily lives' - David Yoon, American Numismatic Society (ANS Magazine, 4/2018)'These material culture perspectives from the numismatic community make great strides not only in elucidation the human dynamic behind ritual coin deposition, but also in demonstrating the fruitfulness of a theoretically engaged approach.' - Jane Kershaw, British Numismatic Journal 2019
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-59397-1 (9780367593971)
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Persons
Nanouschka Myrberg Burstroem is Reader in Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University.
Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson is Curator of the Coin Cabinet at the Historical Museum, Lund University, and a PhD fellow at the Bornholm Museum and Copenhagen University.
Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson is Curator of the Coin Cabinet at the Historical Museum, Lund University, and a PhD fellow at the Bornholm Museum and Copenhagen University.
Content
Introduction: Faith and Ritual Materialised: Coin Finds in Religious Contexts Nanouschka Myrberg Burstroem Part I: Money in Rituals and Practice 1. Death by Deposition?: Coins and Ritual in the Late Iron Age and Early Roman Transition in Northern Gaul David Wigg-Wolf 2. The Impact of Coinage on Ritual Offerings During the Late Iron Age (c. 250-25/15 BC) Michael Nick 3. Coins and Baptism in Late Antiquity: Written Sources and Numismatic Evidence Reconsidered Claudia Perassi 4. Pilgrims, Pennies and the Ploughzone: Folded Coins in Medieval Britain Richard Kelleher 5. Why Money Does Grow on Trees: The British Coin-Tree Custom Ceri Houlbrook Part II: Coins as Secular and Sacred Objects 6. Coins as Non-Coins: The Use and Meaning of Roman Coins in Religious Contexts Outside the Empire Helle W. Horsnaes 7. Firmly I Believe and Truly: Religious Iconography on Early Anglo-Saxon Coins Anna Gannon 8. Pecuniary Profanities?: Money, Christianity and Demonstrative Giving in the Early Middle Ages Rory Naismith 9. Coins and the Church in Medieval England: Votive and Economic Functions of Money in Religious Contexts Martin Allen 10. Sacra Moneta: Divinity, Purity, Miracles and Powers Lucia Travaini Part III: The Value and Worth of Offering 11. Worthless?: The Practice of Depositing Counterfeit Coins in Roman Votive Contexts Fleur Kemmers 12. Scandinavian Women in Search of Salvation: Women's Use of Money in Religion and Devotional Practice Svein H. Gullbekk 13. A Cheap Salvation?: Post-Reformation Offerings in Finnish Churches Frida Ehrnsten