The wealth of Anglo-Saxon England : based on the Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1993
Title:
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:
9780191650819
9781283948142
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 155 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents:
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:
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.
Electronic Access:
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