Binding: Hardcover
Description: Silver Butter Cloth advances current debates about the nature and complexity of Viking economic systems. It explores how silver and other commodities were used in monetary and social economies across the Scandinavian world of the Viking Age (c. 800 - 1100 AD) before and alongside the wide scale introduction of coinage. Taking a multi - disciplinary approach that unites archaeological numismatic and metallurgical analyses Kershaw and Williams examine the uses and sources of silver in both monetary and social transactions addressing topics such as silver fragmentation hoarding and coin production and re - use. Uniquely it also goes beyond silver giving the first detailed consideration of the monetary role of butter cloth and gold in the Viking economy. Indeed it is instrumental in developing methodologies to identify such commodity monies in the archaeological record. The use of silver and other commodities within Viking economies is a dynamic field of study fuelled by important recent discoveries across the Viking world. The 14 contributions to this book by a truly international group of scholars draw on newly available archaeological data from eastern Europe Scandinavia the North Atlantic and the British Isles and Ireland to present the latest original research. Together they deepen understanding of Viking monetary and social economies and advance new definitions of 'economy' 'currency' and 'value in the ninth to eleventh centuries.
Title: Silver Butter Cloth Monetary And Social Economies In The Viking Age
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198827986
Pages: 324 Pages, 94 Black And White Figures/Tables
Publication Date: 2/6/2019
Series: Medieval History and Archaeology
Category: Economic History