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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3892888, member: 74712&quot;]Naismith, Rory.&nbsp; <i>Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages</i>.&nbsp; Reading Medieval Sources, Volume 1.&nbsp; Boston: Brill, 2018.</p><p>ISBN: 978-9004372467</p><p>Cost: $135 (or for free as an open access e-book <a href="https://brill.com/view/title/38646" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://brill.com/view/title/38646" rel="nofollow">here</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Grade: B+</p><p><br /></p><p>This volume, the first in a series on reading medieval sources, had the goal of bringing the latest research and understanding of medieval numismatics up to date for medieval researchers.&nbsp; The volume consists of thirteen essays, broken down into three basic categories (thoughts about money, a history of money in the Middle Ages, and then themes on the study of medieval money).&nbsp; In general, there are many good essays included with insightful research, and certainly I learned a few new things about the usage of medieval coins that I had not considered before.&nbsp; The final essays are particularly useful for considering different methods for studying coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book does have a few failings, however.&nbsp; Since this is a collection of essays by a wide number of scholars, sometimes there is a lack of coherence between chapters.&nbsp; This was particularly noticeable on the chapters giving a survey on the history of money in the Middle Ages, as some chapters delved in and out of their time period and covered similar material to other chapters.&nbsp; And while the book intends to provide an update of knowledge on medieval numismatics, it in no way replaces the works of Grierson (<i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fitzs-medieval-book-review.286343/page-2#post-2657969" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fitzs-medieval-book-review.286343/page-2#post-2657969">Coins of Medieval Europe</a></i>), or Spufford (<i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fitzs-medieval-book-review.286343/#post-2566654" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fitzs-medieval-book-review.286343/#post-2566654">Money and Its Use in Medieval Europe</a></i>).&nbsp; I would recommend reading those two books before this volume edited by Naismith.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, you can’t beat the price of Free.&nbsp; I was admittedly kicking myself for having paid so much for the physical copy, particularly since the day after I purchased the book, it was announced as being open access.&nbsp; Oh well - I prefer physical books anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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