IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1552: The Monetary System and Currency in Eurasia in the Pre-Modern Era, I: Authority and Coinage in the Medieval Mediterranean Region
Thursday 4 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Project 'The Mechanism and Its Development of Monetary and Circulative System in the Western Part of Eurasia in Pre-modern Times', Kumamoto University / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
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Organiser: | Hirokazu Tsurushima, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University |
Moderator/Chair: | William R. Day, Department of Coins & Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1552-a | Coinage and Representation of Power in Medieval Languedoc (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Law, Numismatics |
Paper 1552-b | The Treatment of Islamic Coins in the Christian Kingdoms in the High Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Numismatics, Political Thought |
Paper 1552-c | Stability and Debasement of the Byzantine Gold Coinage (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - General, Numismatics |
Paper 1552-d | Fatimid Coinage and Caliphal Authority (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Numismatics, Political Thought |
Abstract | This session presents some results of the research project 'The Mechanism and Its Development of Monetary and Circulative System in the Western Part of Eurasia in Pre-modern Times', Kumamoto University, sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The central theme of this project is to investigate how money circulated in the Middle Ages by focusing on the elements of authority, quality, and trust, which were integrated into each coinage. Based on this perspective, our session aims to clarify the different aspects of money and its circulation by exploring the relationship between money and power around the medieval Mediterranean region. The first paper will discuss the roles of feudal and royal coinages in southern France during the 13th and 14th centuries. The second paper will focus on the creation, use, and disappearance of Islamic coins and imitation Islamic coins in Western Christendom, especially in the Iberian Peninsula and South Italy around the 13th century. The third paper will focus on Byzantine gold coinage, focusing on its stability from 4th-10th centuries and debasement in the 11th century. The fourth paper will examine representations of authority of the Fatimid caliphate based on coins issued under the Fatimid rule (909-1171). |