Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality

"Accompanying a 2023 exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality focuses on the economic revolution that took place in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance in Europe. Featuring essays by Diane Wolfthal and additional contributions by Steven A. Epstein, David Yoon, and Deirdre Jackson, this publication provides an in-depth look into the origins of money and how it transformed the culture and values of European society"--

About the author

Diane Wolfthal specializes in late medieval and early modern European art. Founding Co-editor of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, she is David and Caroline Minter Chair Emerita in the Humanities and professor emerita of Art History, Rice University. She is the co-author, with Elisabeth Hollander, of a volume on the fourteenth-century Maḥzor in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Deirdre Jackson is assistant curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, the Morgan Library

Steven A. Epstein is professor emeritus, department of history at the University of Kansas. He was educated at Swarthmore College, St. John's College (Cambridge University), and Harvard College, where he developed his interests in medieval social and economic history.
David Yoon is Mark Salton Associate Curator of Medieval, Renaissance and Early European Numismatics, American Numismatic Society

Summary

A timely look at the economic revolution that took place in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. The rise of the monetary economy transformed every aspect of medieval Europe, including its values and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Wolfthal, Wolfthal Diane
• Assisted by: Jackson Deirdre (Introduction)
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781913875374
• ISBN: 978-1-913875-37-4
• Illustrations: 150 Illustrations, color
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Collecting, collectors' catalogues; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals, Medieval History, History of Art, Political Economy, Monetary Economics, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval