The Forum Hoard and Beyond: Money, Gift, and Religion in the Early Middle Ages
Rory Naismith
The Forum hoard of Anglo-Saxon silver coins, deposited in Rome the 940s, is remarkable for including a pair fasteners inscribed with name intended recipient, Pope Marinus II. This unique find prompts consideration material manifestation early medieval gift-giving. Inscriptions placed on donated objects served an important function, commemorating act and fixing its interpretation. applied both to gifts which stood good chance being kept intact, “transitory” such as food money, were handed over much same setting but would soon be consumed or spent. rare identifiable example latter. final part this article considers how monetary understood relation contemporary thought interface between Christian religion economy.
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