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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 7896551, member: 74712&quot;]THIS IS IT!&nbsp; A full year of Medieval Mondays!&nbsp; While it has only just passed midnight Eastern time, I thought I would try to get this anniversary going sooner rather than later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to include my most recent purchase for today - I’m still working on my German coins, and the desire to get this latest one was a sudden inspiration once the school year started:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363533[/ATTACH] </p><p>Holy Roman Empire - Diocese of Würzburg</p><p>Rudolf II von Scherenberg, r. 1466-1495</p><p>AR Schilling, 26.04 mm x 2.24 grams</p><p>Obv.: SANCTVS KILIANVS. St. Kilian holding sword and crosier</p><p>Rev.: +RVD˙LF’✿EPIS’✿HERBIPOLE’.&nbsp; Shield</p><p>Ref.: cf. de Witt 2327</p><p><br /></p><p>I know little of Würzburg or Rudolf II, but the reason I bought this coin is because of the role Rudolf plays in the summer reading book I assign my AP Euro students.&nbsp; <i>Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen </i> by Richard Wunderli works through the historians craft, while getting into the minds of the peasantry during an uprising led by a peasant&nbsp; named Hans Behem who claimed to receive a vision of the Virgin Mary.&nbsp; All AP courses require taking a training course before one can teach them, and this book was a recommendation to start off the year.&nbsp; I had actually owned the book for years because Dr. Wunderli was my professor in college - I had just never gotten around to reading his book!&nbsp; Anyway, Rudolf II was the bishop who ordered Behem’s execution, and it occurred to me that he was likely an authority who issued coins!&nbsp; Of course, I shared the coin with my students when it came in, and they are always appreciative of my hobby (or at least pretend to be…).</p><p><br /></p><p>My thanks to all you lovely people who contributed in this bit of fun.&nbsp; While I might occasionally post here on mondays in the future, I think it’s time to focus on more meaningful and informational threads.&nbsp; Hopefully I’ll have time to do that!&nbsp; So as a nice bow to wrap this up, here is a group shot if all of my Medieval Monday coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363537[/ATTACH]</p><p>That’s 64 coins!&nbsp; I doubled up at the beginning…. For extra credit obviously.&nbsp; Happy Monday everyone![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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