IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1143: Conceptualizing Value in Early Medieval Europe
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
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| Organiser: | Rory Naismith, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | Chris Wickham, Faculty of History, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1143-a | To Value and to Trade: Two Sides of the Same Coin? (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
| Paper 1143-b | La monnaie comme mesure de la valeur et moyen d'échange dans l'Italie du haut Moyen Age (Language: Français) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
| Paper 1143-c | Pecuniary Profanities?: Money, Ritual, and Value in the Early Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
| Abstract | Value meant many things in the early Middle Ages. This session explores how different ideas of value varied and interfaced with one another, drawing comparisons between several European regions. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between money and value. On a basic level, money provided a way of abstracting and quantifying value based on a generally accepted set of units. Coined money was just one component in the calculation and circulation of value. What, therefore, do coins and coin-finds tell modern scholars about medieval ideas of value? And what role did coins play in negotiating value, especially in conjunction with other media and in non-commercial settings? |