Table of Contents
Prefatory Remarks vii
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction
1 Money and the Church: Definitions, Disciplines and Directions Giles E. M. Gasper 3
Part I Attitudes to Money within the Church
2 Turpe lucrum? Wealth, Money and Coinage in the Millennial Church Rory Naismith 17
3 Contemplating Money and Wealth in Monastic Writing c 1060-c. 1160 Giles E. M. Gasper 39
4 Nummus falsus: The Perception of Counterfeit Money in the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Century Greti Dinkova-Bruun 77
5 A Herald of Scholasticism: Alan of Lille on Economic Virtue Odd Langholm 93
Part II Buying, Selling and Building: The Use of Money by the Church
6 Financing Cathedral-Building in the Middle Ages: The Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries Wim Vroom 107
7 The Church and Money in Twelfth-Century England James L. Bolton 121
8 The Church and Monetisation in Early Medieval Denmark, c. 1060-1160 Bjørn Paulsen 141
9 The Church, Markets and Money in Early Medieval England S.J. N. J. Mayhew 159
Part III Money and Power: Coinage, Salvation and Ritual
10 From HEINRICVS REX to ROTHARDVS ABBAS - Monastic Coinage under the Ottomans and Salians (c. 911-1125) Sebastian Steinbach 185
11 Saints, Dukes and Bishops: Coinage in Ducal Normandy, c.930-c.1150 Jens Christian Moesgaard 197
12 Saints, Sinners and … a Cow: Offerings, Alms and Tokens of Memory Lucia Travaini 209
13 The Church and Money in Norway c. 1050-1250: Salvation and Monetisation Svein H. Gullbekk 223
Bibliography 245
Index 279