Money and the Church in Medieval Europe, 1000–1200: Practice, Morality and Thought

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Prefatory Remarks......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1 Money and the Church: Definitions,Disciplines and Directions......Page 16
Part I: Attitudes to Money within the Church......Page 28
2 Turpe lucrum? Wealth, Money andCoinage in the Millennial Church......Page 30
3 Contemplating Money and Wealth in Monastic Writing c. 1060–c. 1160......Page 52
4 Nummus falsus: The Perception of Counterfeit Money in the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Century......Page 90
 5 A Herald of Scholasticism: Alan of Lille on Economic Virtue......Page 106
Part II Buying, Selling and Building: The Use of Money by the Church......Page 118
6 Financing Cathedral-Building in the Middle Ages: The Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries......Page 120
7 The Church and Money in Twelfth-Century England......Page 134
8 The Church and Monetisation in Early Medieval Denmark, c. 1060–1160......Page 154
 9 The Church, Markets and Money in Early Medieval England......Page 172
Part III Money and Power: Coinage,Salvation and Ritual......Page 196
10 From HEINRICVS REX to ROTHARD VS ABBAS – Monastic Coinage under the Ottonians and Salians  (c. 911–1125)......Page 198
11 Saints, Dukes and Bishops: Coinage in Ducal Normandy, c. 930–c. 1150......Page 210
12 Saints, Sinners and … a Cow: Offerings, Alms and Tokens of Memory......Page 222
13 The Church and Money in Norway c. 1050–1250: Salvation and Monetisation......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 258
Index......Page 292