Coins in Churches Archaeology, Money and Religious Devotion in Medieval Northern Europe

This book focuses on the formative period of Church reform in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, when the Church paved the way for the development of money economy on its own doorstep.

Info autore

Svein H. Gullbekk is Professor of numismatics and history of money at Museum of Cultural History, Oslo University; and is Principal Investigator for the project "Religion and Money: Economy of Salvation in the Middle Ages".
Christoph Kilger is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland. He specializes in Viking and medieval archaeology and numismatics, especially relating to social, economic and monetary history of Northern Europe.
Steinar Kristensen is Senior Engineer at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, with responsibility for digital documentation of major excavation projects. He specializes in GIS technology in archaeological contexts.
Håkon Roland is Associate Professor of numismatics and classical archaeology at Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. He has a long record of publication on numismatics, archaeology and within Heritage studies.

Riassunto

This book focuses on the formative period of Church reform in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, when the Church paved the way for the development of money economy on its own doorstep.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Svein H. Gullbekk (Editore), Christoph Kilger (Editore), Steinar Kristensen (Editore), Håkon Roland (Editore), Kilger Christoph (Editore)
• Autori: Svein H. (Museum of Cultural History Gullbekk, Svein H. Kilger Gullbekk
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.07.2021
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780367557065
• ISBN: 978-0-367-55706-5
• Numero di pagine: 454
• Serie: Religion and Money in the Middle Ages
• Categorie: History: specific events & topics, European History, HISTORY / General, Medieval History, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, History: specific events and topics, Archaeology by period / region, Church history, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Medieval European archaeology, liturgical practices, medieval church archaeology, Scandinavian numismatics, coin finds in sacred spaces, ecclesiastical material culture, spiritual economy research, ritual monetary use