Divina Moneta: Coins in Religion and Ritual - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367593971 ISBN 13 : 9780367593971

Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This edited collection analyses the phenomenon of coin use for religious and ritual purposes in different cultures and across different periods of time. It proposes an engagement with the theory and interpretation of the 'material turn' with numismatic evidence, and an evidence-based series of discussions to offer a fuller, richer and fresh account of coin use in ritual contexts. No extensive publication has previously foregrounded coins in such a model, despite the fact that coins constitute an integrated part of the material culture of most societies today and of many in the past. Here, interdisciplinary discussions are organised around three themes: coin deposit and ritual practice, the coin as economic object and divine mediator, and the value and meaning of coin offering. Although focusing on the medieval period in Western Europe, the book includes instructive cases from the Roman period until today. The collection brings together well-established and emerging scholars from archaeology, art history, ethnology, history and numismatics, and great weight is given to material evidence which can complement and contradict the scarce written sources.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nanouschka Myrberg Burström is Reader in Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University.

Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson is Curator of the Coin Cabinet at the Historical Museum, Lund University, and a PhD fellow at the Bornholm Museum and Copenhagen University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367593971
• ISBN 13: 9780367593971
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Éditeur: Burström Nanouschka Myrberg, Ingvardson Gitte Tarnow
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