IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1315: Base Metal, Silver, and Gold Coins: Exploring the Meanings of Memory through Numismatic Evidence
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | University of Nottingham |
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| Organisers: | Marco Panato, Department of History, University of Nottingham Mariele Valci, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alan M. Stahl, Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University |
| Paper 1315-a | Between Two Worlds: Northern Italy and the Mint of Venice in Carolingian Times, 8th-9th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1315-b | Popes, Senators, Pilgrims, and Creditors: The Rome Commune as Told by Black Money (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban, Numismatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1315-c | The Gold Florin of Florence between Memory, Fiction, and Performance (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session examines the role of Italian coinage as a vehicle for political messages throughout the Middle Ages. The Carolingian denarius of Venice, the denaro provisino of the Rome Commune, and the gold fiorino of Florence were struck in different cities and periods, and are made of different metals. Nonetheless, the intention behind their production was the same: namely, supporting the ambitions of local polities, and reinforcing their authority as a political entity. This session will therefore focus on money as an instrument of collective memory and propaganda in a diachronic perspective, between the 9th and 14th centuries. |