Divina Moneta: Coins In Religion And Ritual (religion And Money In The Middle Ages)
by Nanouschka Myrberg Burström /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
