Divina Moneta : Coins in Religion and Ritual Paperback / softback
Edited by Nanouschka Myrberg (Stockholm University, Sweden) Burstrom, Gitte Tarnow (Historiska Museet, Sweden) Ingvardson
Part of the Religion and Money in the Middle Ages series
Paperback / softback
Description
This edited collection analyses the phenomenon of coin use for religious and ritual purposes in different cultures and across different periods of time.
It proposes an engagement with the theory and interpretation of the ‘material turn’ with numismatic evidence, and an evidence-based series of discussions to offer a fuller, richer and fresh account of coin use in ritual contexts.
No extensive publication has previously foregrounded coins in such a model, despite the fact that coins constitute an integrated part of the material culture of most societies today and of many in the past.
Here, interdisciplinary discussions are organised around three themes: coin deposit and ritual practice, the coin as economic object and divine mediator, and the value and meaning of coin offering.
Although focusing on the medieval period in Western Europe, the book includes instructive cases from the Roman period until today.
The collection brings together well-established and emerging scholars from archaeology, art history, ethnology, history and numismatics, and great weight is given to material evidence which can complement and contradict the scarce written sources.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:276 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
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Category:
- European history
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Classical history / classical civilisation
- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
- Medieval history
- Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Social & cultural history
- Archaeology
- History of religion
- Economic history
- ISBN:9780367593971
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:276 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
-
Category:
- European history
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Classical history / classical civilisation
- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
- Medieval history
- Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Social & cultural history
- Archaeology
- History of religion
- Economic history
- ISBN:9780367593971
