The wealth of Anglo-Saxon England : based on the Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1993
by
Sawyer, P. H., author.
Title
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The wealth of Anglo-Saxon England : based on the Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1993
Author
:
Sawyer, P. H., author.
ISBN
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9780191650819
9781283948142
Personal Author
:
Sawyer, P. H., author.
Edition
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First edition.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 155 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents
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Tempore Regis Edwardi -- From solidi to sceattas -- The eighth and ninth centuries -- From Edward the Elder to Edward the Confessor (899-1066) -- 'Whoever has cash (denarios) can acquire anything he wants' -- Appendix: estimating dies, coins, and currency.
Abstract
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Explains how, on the eve of the Norman Conquest, England had become an exceptionally wealthy, highly urbanized kingdom, with a large, well-controlled coinage of high quality.
Subject Term
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Wealth -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Coins, Anglo-Saxon.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
Coins, Anglo-Saxon. (OCoLC)fst00866693
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Wealth. (OCoLC)fst01172973
Geographic Term
:
England -- Economic conditions.
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
England -- Civilization -- To 1066.
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre
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Electronic books.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 522903-1001 | CJ2490 .S29 2013 EB | Online |