Making Money in the Early Middle Ages
Coined money did not vanish after Rome, and its survival helped drag Europe out of the dark.
Rory Naismith examines the use of coin across early medieval Europe, from the end of Roman currency through the Carolingian reforms, and argues that money remained more important to these societies than the standard picture of a demonetised economy allows. A significant work of economic history built from the coins themselves.
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Tyler Cowen
Rory Naismith, Making Money in the Early Middle Ages is a historically important work about the significant of coined money in dragging the Western world out of the Dark Ages.
Source · July 2023
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