J.L. (Jim) Bolton is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of History, Queen Mary, University of London.

An insightful and wide-ranging book on money and its place in the medieval English economy ... Other secondary literature is available on money and the economy in medieval England, but Professor Bolton's book offers students, researchers and general readers with a breadth of vision and analysis'Andrew Wareham, Reviews in History, 6th June 2013'"Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973-1489" is one of the most important books published in English medieval economic history during the past two decades. Indeed, I do not know of any other comparable and equally comprehensive study of English medieval monetary history.'John Munro, University of Toronto, EH.Net (June 2013)'The longest and most important sustained discussion of the economic importance of England's medieval currency now available. It should be read by all those interested in the the workings of premodern monetary economics or the medieval economy more widely .. a valuable, perceptive, and very welcome addition to the literature on medieval economic history.'Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge, Journal of Economic HistoryThere is no doubt that the new monograph by Jim Bolton can be classified as a most meaningful contribution not only to the economic but also the social and political history of medieval England....this book is a truly superb study, certainly one of the most important ones in the field of the monetary history of pre-industrialEurope. There is no doubt that this monograph will be a standard reference source for both professional academics and college/university-level students.'His approach is bold and straightforward classical scholarship and a pleasure to read. The narrative provides a step-by-step approach in which each conclusion reached points the reader towards the direction of his next move... in the final analysis, a tour de force that raises the debate to a higher level.'Svein H. Gullbekk, 'Speculum' 91/2 (April 2016)

• PART ONE: THEORIES AND PROBLEMS1. Modelling the medieval economy: the equation of exchange2. Money and the money economy3. Coinage and the bullion supplyPART TWO: THE COINAGE AND THE ECONOMY, c. 973–14894. The coinage from the late tenth century to 11585. A monetarised economy, 973–1158?6. The coinage 1158–13517. The emergence of a money economy, 1158–13518. Testing the money economy, 1351–14899. ConclusionsBibliography Index

J.L. (Jim) Bolton is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of History, Queen Mary, University of London.

An insightful and wide-ranging book on money and its place in the medieval English economy ... Other secondary literature is available on money and the economy in medieval England, but Professor Bolton's book offers students, researchers and general readers with a breadth of vision and analysis'Andrew Wareham, Reviews in History, 6th June 2013'"Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973-1489" is one of the most important books published in English medieval economic history during the past two decades. Indeed, I do not know of any other comparable and equally comprehensive study of English medieval monetary history.'John Munro, University of Toronto, EH.Net (June 2013)'The longest and most important sustained discussion of the economic importance of England's medieval currency now available. It should be read by all those interested in the the workings of premodern monetary economics or the medieval economy more widely .. a valuable, perceptive, and very welcome addition to the literature on medieval economic history.'Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge, Journal of Economic HistoryThere is no doubt that the new monograph by Jim Bolton can be classified as a most meaningful contribution not only to the economic but also the social and political history of medieval England....this book is a truly superb study, certainly one of the most important ones in the field of the monetary history of pre-industrialEurope. There is no doubt that this monograph will be a standard reference source for both professional academics and college/university-level students.'His approach is bold and straightforward classical scholarship and a pleasure to read. The narrative provides a step-by-step approach in which each conclusion reached points the reader towards the direction of his next move... in the final analysis, a tour de force that raises the debate to a higher level.'Svein H. Gullbekk, 'Speculum' 91/2 (April 2016)

• PART ONE: THEORIES AND PROBLEMS1. Modelling the medieval economy: the equation of exchange2. Money and the money economy3. Coinage and the bullion supplyPART TWO: THE COINAGE AND THE ECONOMY, c. 973–14894. The coinage from the late tenth century to 11585. A monetarised economy, 973–1158?6. The coinage 1158–13517. The emergence of a money economy, 1158–13518. Testing the money economy, 1351–14899. ConclusionsBibliography Index

J.L. (Jim) Bolton is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of History, Queen Mary, University of London.

An insightful and wide-ranging book on money and its place in the medieval English economy ... Other secondary literature is available on money and the economy in medieval England, but Professor Bolton's book offers students, researchers and general readers with a breadth of vision and analysis'Andrew Wareham, Reviews in History, 6th June 2013'"Money in the Medieval English Economy: 973-1489" is one of the most important books published in English medieval economic history during the past two decades. Indeed, I do not know of any other comparable and equally comprehensive study of English medieval monetary history.'John Munro, University of Toronto, EH.Net (June 2013)'The longest and most important sustained discussion of the economic importance of England's medieval currency now available. It should be read by all those interested in the the workings of premodern monetary economics or the medieval economy more widely .. a valuable, perceptive, and very welcome addition to the literature on medieval economic history.'Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge, Journal of Economic HistoryThere is no doubt that the new monograph by Jim Bolton can be classified as a most meaningful contribution not only to the economic but also the social and political history of medieval England....this book is a truly superb study, certainly one of the most important ones in the field of the monetary history of pre-industrialEurope. There is no doubt that this monograph will be a standard reference source for both professional academics and college/university-level students.'His approach is bold and straightforward classical scholarship and a pleasure to read. The narrative provides a step-by-step approach in which each conclusion reached points the reader towards the direction of his next move... in the final analysis, a tour de force that raises the debate to a higher level.'Svein H. Gullbekk, 'Speculum' 91/2 (April 2016)

• PART ONE: THEORIES AND PROBLEMS1. Modelling the medieval economy: the equation of exchange2. Money and the money economy3. Coinage and the bullion supplyPART TWO: THE COINAGE AND THE ECONOMY, c. 973–14894. The coinage from the late tenth century to 11585. A monetarised economy, 973–1158?6. The coinage 1158–13517. The emergence of a money economy, 1158–13518. Testing the money economy, 1351–14899. ConclusionsBibliography Index