Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050–1450 explores the varied uses of silver and gold in the Baltic Sea zone during the medieval period.
Ten original contributions examine coins and currencies, trade, economy, and power, taking care to avoid an out-of-date approach to economic history which assumes a progression from ‘primitive’ forms to ‘developed’ structures. Combining a variety of methodological approaches, and drawing on written sources, archaeological and numismatic evidence, and anthropological perspectives, the book considers the various ways in which silver and gold were used as monetary currency, fiscal instruments of power, and gifts in the High and Late Medieval societies of the Baltic Sea.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval European history, as well as those interested in economic history, and the history of trade and commerce.
Author(s): Dariusz Adamczyk, Beata Możejko (eds.)
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 188
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 1: Money, gift or instrument of power? Hybrid (political) economies in the post-Viking age around the Baltic Sea
Silver as money (but where?)
Precious metals as gifts
Silver as instrument of power and fiscalism
Summary: A plea for non-linear research and methods
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 2: Coin circulation in Poland under the rule of Bolesław III Wrymouth (1102–1138)
Dispersion and coin finds categories
Structure of finds and coin circulation
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 3: Two stages of monetisation: Periodic recoinages and coin debasement in the Czech lands
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 4: The trade between Slesvig/Lübeck and Novgorod c. 1050 until c. 1450
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 5: Limited use of money in late-medieval commerce: Economic considerations on the viability of Hanseatic “reciprocal trade”
Late-medieval Baltic Sea trade and the Hansards’ limited use of money
Avoidance of money use – Hanseatic “reciprocal trade”
Why was “reciprocal trade” a viable institution?
Path dependence and “lock-in” – long-term effects of not using money
Concluding remarks
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 6: Monetisation and economic inequality among peasants in medieval Poland
Introduction
The first stage of monetisation (tenth–twelfth centuries)
The second stage of monetisation – the model of German colonisation and its consequences (thirteenth–fifteenth centuries)
Economic inequality among peasants in the late Middle Ages
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Unprinted sources
Printed sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 7: Toruń’s burghers and silver/gold in the first half of the fifteenth century
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Unprinted sources
Printed sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 8: The use of gold and silver in the praxis of a merchant in late medieval Gdańsk
The merchant and his network
The merchant book and the bookkeeping
The currencies
“Paying with the closed wallet” – advanced means of payments
Barter
Summary
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary literature
Chapter 9: City and money during a war: Gdańsk debt during the Thirteen Years’ War
Notes
Bibliography
Primary sources
Unprinted sources
Printed Sources
Secondary literature
Index
