This volume is a collection of papers on money, currency and economic history.0Money and currency have always been used for buying, paying, exchanging values, services or commodities. However there has always been a deep contradiction between the national character of coins and the international...

"In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money's origins and development as one of violence and human bondage....

"Accompanying a 2023 exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality focuses on the economic revolution that took place in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance in Europe. Featuring essays by Diane Wolfthal and additional contributions by Steven A. Epstein,...