analyseras samt vilken roll brakteaterna spelade under senmedeltiden.English abstract: The medieval bracteates are the thinnest … coins that have ever been minted. Despite the fragility, the bracteates dominated the coinage system in large parts of … central, eastern and northern Europe for almost 200 years. The purpose of this article is to put the bracteates in a …

.English abstract: In medieval Sweden (1150–1520), similar coin types were minted as in continental Europe: bracteates, two-faced coins …, again bracteates, and örtugs with hohlpfennigs as small change. The purpose of this article is to analyze whether Sweden … also applied the European currency policies that correspond to these types, e.g. coin debasements and periodic recoinage …

, limited monetization of society and separate currency areas facilitated recoinage. Recoinage with varying frequency was … applied in 1180–1290 when only bracteates were minted. This is evidenced by many different coin types per reign, coin hoards … which are dominated by a few types and dating of types to specific periods of the kings’ reigns. However, monetization …

monitored and enforced. The principal example of frequently renewed coins is uni-faced bracteates, which were often subject to … annual or even biannual re-coinages. Although bracteates were not the cause of periodic re-coinage, their features … this monetary system with the end of bracteates' role as the principal coin in the 14th century …

suggests that economic backwardness, limited monetization of society and separate currency areas facilitated re-coinage. The …-coinage was applied with varying frequency from 1180–1290. However, monetization increased in the late 13th century, making …

circulation. The leaf-thin bracteates had excellent characteristics for such renewals. The theory predicts that periodic recoinage …

debasements of 1464-65 were the last undertaken before those of Henry VIII. The subject of coinage debasements remains an arcane …: were debasements fundamentally aggressive or defensive in nature? The second question to be asked is the nature of the … goals sought from debasement: were they fundamentally monetary or fiscal? The fiscal aspect of coinage debasements is …

article ("The Debasement Puzzle": Velde and Weber, 1996) sought to demonstrate that coinage debasements were both impractical … and economically futile. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that aggressive debasements were generally very … to demonstrate that both merchants and the prince benefitted from debasements in real terms, provided that they spent the …