Money and coinage in the Middle Ages edited by Rory Naismith.

Includes bibliographical references.

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / Rory Naismith -- Thinking about Medieval Money -- Money and Currency / Gaspar Feliu -- Money Orders—and It’s Done! Activating Theories of Money’s Origins and Orders / Bill Maurer -- Key Phases of Medieval Money and Coinage -- From the Fall of Rome to Charlemagne (c.400–800) / Alessia Rovelli -- From Charlemagne to the Commercial Revolution (c.800–1150) / Andrew R. Woods -- From the Commercial Revolution to the Black Death (c.1150–1350) / Richard Kelleher -- From the Black Death to the New World (c.1350–1500) / Philipp Robinson Rössner -- Themes in the Study of Medieval Money and Coinage -- Money and Society / Rory Naismith -- Money and the Economy / Nick Mayhew -- Money, Coins, and Archaeology / Nanouschka Myrberg Burström -- Money and Literature / Elizabeth Edwards -- Art in the Round: Tradition and Creativity in Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage / Anna Gannon -- Coins and Identity: From Mint to Paradise / Lucia Travaini -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reading Medieval Sources is an exciting new series which leads scholars and students into some of the most challenging and rewarding sources from the European Middle Ages, and introduces the most important approaches to understanding them. Written by an international team of twelve leading scholars, this volume Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages presents a set of fresh and insightful perspectives that demonstrate the rich potential of this source material to all scholars of medieval history and culture. It includes coverage of major developments in monetary history, set into their economic and political context, as well as innovative and interdisciplinary perspectives that address money and coinage in relation to archaeology, anthropology and medieval literature. Contributors are Nanouschka Myrberg Burström, Elizabeth Edwards, Gaspar Feliu, Anna Gannon, Richard Kelleher, Bill Maurer, Nick Mayhew, Rory Naismith, Philipp Robinson Rössner, Alessia Rovelli, Lucia Travaini, and Andrew Woods.