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Mark Blackburn was one of the leading scholars of the numismatics and monetary history of the British Isles and Scandinavia during the early medieval period. He published more than 200 books and articles on the subject, and was instrumental in building bridges between numismatics and associated disciplines, in fostering international communication and cooperation, and in establishing initiatives to record new coin finds. This memorial volume of essays commemorates Mark Blackburn’s considerable achievement and impact on the field, builds on his research and evaluates a vibrant period in the study of early medieval monetary history. Containing a broad range of high-quality research from both...
Bringing together essays from experts in a variety of disciplines, this collection explores two of the most important facets of life within the medieval Europe: money and the church. By focusing on the interactions between these subjects, the volume addresses four key themes. Firstly it offers new perspectives on the role of churchmen in providing conceptual frameworks, from outright condemnation, to sophisticated economic theory, for the use and purpose of money within medieval society. Secondly it discusses the dichotomy of money for the church and its officers: on one hand voices emphasise the moral difficulties in engaging with money, on the other the reality of the ubiquitous use of mon...
Hemois de souche ou d'adoption, voici l'histoire de votre ville. Comment un hameau qui, au VIe siècle, ne comptait que quelques huttes de boue et de roseau, construites au bord du marais de la Marque, a-t-il pu devenir la ville moderne que nous connaissons aujourd'hui ? C'est cette passionnante histoire, que vous racontent André Camion (membre de la Société d'émulation de Roubaix) et Jacquy Delaporte (secrétaire général adjoint de la mairie d'Hem) dans leur livre « Hem d'hier et d'aujourd'hui ».
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This volume brings together for the first time Simon Coupland's series of significant articles on Carolingian coinage. The author draws out the economic and political implications of coin types and coin hoards from the reign of Charlemagne to the Edict of Pîtres in 864. This numismatic survey is complemented by other studies which use the evidence of coinage and contemporary texts to consider aspects of trade and power in the ninth century, particularly the impact of the Viking raids.
Ce répertoire propose la première tentative de constitution d'une histoire de l'ethnologie française, entre 1950 et 1970, dans ses multiples activités. Il présente les enseignements et leur contenu, les noms de ceux qui les ont suivis, et l'intitulé de leurs exposés, les différentes nominations, les publications d'ouvrages, la liste des congrès, conférences, colloques et communications, l'activité des sociétés savantes, les missions scientifiques, les équipes de recherche, les thèses de Doctorat soutenues... Ce répertoire rassemble donc ce qui constitue la « matérialité effective » de l'histoire de l'ethnologie française.