Cover; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought MONEY AND POWER IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; MAPS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; COINAGE IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURS 757-865; THE HISTORICAL SETTING: WESSEX, MERCIA AND THE VIKINGS; Chapter 2 MONEY IN ITS POLITICAL CONTEXT; KINGS, STATES AND POWER IN ENGLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURS; ROYAL RESOURCES; Land and warriors; Towns and trade; Conclusion; COINAGE AS A ROYAL RESOURCE: THE ROMAN LEGACY.
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This innovative book integrates historical and numismatic research to explore who made early medieval coinage, who used it and why.
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