IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 819: Silver, Simony, and Sermons: The Ideal and Reality of Wealth in the Reign of Henry III
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | David Carpenter, Department of History, King's College London |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Paul R. Hyams, Department of History, Cornell University / Independent Scholar, Oxford |
| Paper 819-a | Merchants and Mints: The Exchanges's Purchases of Silver in the Reign of Henry III (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Archives and Sources, Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
| Paper 819-b | Buying a Bishopric?: Simony and Episcopal Elections in 13th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 819-c | On Kingship and Tyranny: Royal Wealth in the Writing of Robert Grosseteste (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session looks at the use and abuse of money in 13th century England. It covers church, state, and commerce. Kings, churchmen, and merchants all needed money. We look at theory: what should be the relation between royal wealth and the king's power? And at practice: how did financial transactions affect relations between church and state? Where did the exchanges get silver to make the coinage? |