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Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973–1489 . By
Author(s) -
Slavin Philip
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1468-229X
pISSN - 0018-2648
DOI - 10.1111/1468-229x.12078_6
Subject(s) - citation , classics , history , management , art history , political science , law , economics
Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973–1489 is an insightful and wide-ranging book on money and its place in the medieval English economy, covering the period that began in 973 with the decree that there should be a single coinage in England, and which ended in 1489 with the institution of the pound coin. Not since Professor Peter Spufford’s book on Money and its Uses in Medieval Europe (1), has there been a book on this topic which ranges so broadly in its chronological coverage. A wide range of numismatic evidence is considered in the light of economic modelling and related to a diverse range of historical sources and key historiographical debates. Bolton’s work follows the observation of Nicholas Oresme (d. 1382): ‘it is clear without further proof that coin is very useful to the civil community, and convenient, or rather necessary, to the business of the state’.(2)