Medieval European Coinage: Volume 8, Britain and Ireland c.400–1066

An authoritative synthesis of early medieval British and Irish coinage, supported by the catalogue of a world-class collection.

Rory Naismith (Author), Elina Screen (General editor)

9780521260169, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 April 2017

922 pages, 129 b/w illus. 9 maps 24 tables
25.4 x 19.7 x 5.4 cm, 2.31 kg

'The volume is a comprehensive review of the historical, economic and numismatic development of coinage in Britain and Ireland from the departure of the Romans to the Norman Conquest, and its scholarly perception.' Stewart Lyon, The English Historical Review

This volume of Medieval European Coinage traces the coinage and monetary history of Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages, offering the first major single-volume treatment of the subject in decades. It examines the period from the end of the Roman province of Britain in the fifth century to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71. The volume re-evaluates the complex seventh- and eighth-century English coinages, follows the evolution of the Anglo-Saxon coinage into one of the most sophisticated monetary systems in medieval Europe, and also covers the coins issued by Viking settlers in parts of England and Ireland. Bringing recent advances in historical and numismatic research to a wider audience, this landmark volume is supported by one of the most complete catalogues of the period illustrating the world-class collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

1. Introduction
2. From Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England
3. Early Anglo-Saxon gold coinage
4. The early silver pennies
5. The kingdom of Northumbria
6. The 'Mercian supremacy' in the age of Offa and Coenwulf
7. The rise of Wessex in southern England
8. The reign of Alfred the Great
9. England from Edward the Elder to Edgar's reform
10. The late Anglo-Saxon coinage
11. The Anglo-Viking coinages
12. Wales and Scotland
13. The Isle of Man and 'Irish Sea' coinages
14. Ireland to 1170
Appendices
Bibliography
Catalogue
Concordances
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Medieval history [HBLC1], European history [HBJD]