Giles E.M. Gasper is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History within the Department of History at Durham University, UK. Professor Svein H. Gullbekk is Professor in Numismatics and History of Money at the Department of Ethnography, Numismatics and Classical Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.

'[This] book does an excellent job of picking apart the many interconnections between money and religion in the period, and its most valuable contribution is to show the fallacy of viewing the Church as monolithic in this regard. There was no single, official 'Church attitude' to money; practices and viewpoints were malleable depending on circumstance, which the wide-ranging case studies offered [in this volume] highlight well.' - Aleksandra McClain, The Journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology.'We have come a long way in the last half-century in our understanding of the Church's involvement in and influence on medieval economic life and thought. The thirteen essays in this volume present excellent examples of this sophisticated understanding.' - Joel Kaye, The Catholic Historical Review.'In highlighting how economic concerns were never entirely divorced from moral and spiritual ones this volume provides new insights into the problems and dilemmas that medieval people faced when dealing with money.' - Pamela Nightingale, Economic History Review.

• Part 1 Attitudes to Money within the Church: Turpe lucrum? Wealth, money and coinage in the Millennial Church Contemplating money and wealth in monastic writing c.1060-c.1160. Nummus falsus: the perception of counterfeit money in the 11th and early 12th century. A herald of scholasticism: Alan of Lille on economic virtues. Part 2 Buying, Selling and Building: The Use of Money by the Church: Financing cathedral-building in the Middle Ages: the 11th to 13th centuries. The Church and money in 12th century England. The Church and monetization in early medieval Denmark, c. 1060-1160. The Church, markets and money in early medieval England. Part 3 Money and Power: Coinage, Salvation and Ritual: From HEINRICVS REX to ROTHARDVS ABBAS - monastic coinage under the Ottonians and Salians (c. 911-1125). Saints, dukes and bishops: coinage in ducal Normandy, c. 930-c. 1150. Saints, sinners and ... a cow: offerings, alms and tokens of memory. The Church and money in Norway c. 1050-1250: salvation and monetisation. [Front cover background image: Laon Cathedral, late twelfth/early thirteenth century. Image: Giles E. M. Gasper]

Giles E.M. Gasper is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History within the Department of History at Durham University, UK. Professor Svein H. Gullbekk is Professor in Numismatics and History of Money at the Department of Ethnography, Numismatics and Classical Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.

'[This] book does an excellent job of picking apart the many interconnections between money and religion in the period, and its most valuable contribution is to show the fallacy of viewing the Church as monolithic in this regard. There was no single, official 'Church attitude' to money; practices and viewpoints were malleable depending on circumstance, which the wide-ranging case studies offered [in this volume] highlight well.' - Aleksandra McClain, The Journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology.'We have come a long way in the last half-century in our understanding of the Church's involvement in and influence on medieval economic life and thought. The thirteen essays in this volume present excellent examples of this sophisticated understanding.' - Joel Kaye, The Catholic Historical Review.'In highlighting how economic concerns were never entirely divorced from moral and spiritual ones this volume provides new insights into the problems and dilemmas that medieval people faced when dealing with money.' - Pamela Nightingale, Economic History Review.

• Part 1 Attitudes to Money within the Church: Turpe lucrum? Wealth, money and coinage in the Millennial Church Contemplating money and wealth in monastic writing c.1060-c.1160. Nummus falsus: the perception of counterfeit money in the 11th and early 12th century. A herald of scholasticism: Alan of Lille on economic virtues. Part 2 Buying, Selling and Building: The Use of Money by the Church: Financing cathedral-building in the Middle Ages: the 11th to 13th centuries. The Church and money in 12th century England. The Church and monetization in early medieval Denmark, c. 1060-1160. The Church, markets and money in early medieval England. Part 3 Money and Power: Coinage, Salvation and Ritual: From HEINRICVS REX to ROTHARDVS ABBAS - monastic coinage under the Ottonians and Salians (c. 911-1125). Saints, dukes and bishops: coinage in ducal Normandy, c. 930-c. 1150. Saints, sinners and ... a cow: offerings, alms and tokens of memory. The Church and money in Norway c. 1050-1250: salvation and monetisation. [Front cover background image: Laon Cathedral, late twelfth/early thirteenth century. Image: Giles E. M. Gasper]

Giles E.M. Gasper is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History within the Department of History at Durham University, UK. Professor Svein H. Gullbekk is Professor in Numismatics and History of Money at the Department of Ethnography, Numismatics and Classical Archaeology at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.

'[This] book does an excellent job of picking apart the many interconnections between money and religion in the period, and its most valuable contribution is to show the fallacy of viewing the Church as monolithic in this regard. There was no single, official 'Church attitude' to money; practices and viewpoints were malleable depending on circumstance, which the wide-ranging case studies offered [in this volume] highlight well.' - Aleksandra McClain, The Journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology.'We have come a long way in the last half-century in our understanding of the Church's involvement in and influence on medieval economic life and thought. The thirteen essays in this volume present excellent examples of this sophisticated understanding.' - Joel Kaye, The Catholic Historical Review.'In highlighting how economic concerns were never entirely divorced from moral and spiritual ones this volume provides new insights into the problems and dilemmas that medieval people faced when dealing with money.' - Pamela Nightingale, Economic History Review.

• Part 1 Attitudes to Money within the Church: Turpe lucrum? Wealth, money and coinage in the Millennial Church Contemplating money and wealth in monastic writing c.1060-c.1160. Nummus falsus: the perception of counterfeit money in the 11th and early 12th century. A herald of scholasticism: Alan of Lille on economic virtues. Part 2 Buying, Selling and Building: The Use of Money by the Church: Financing cathedral-building in the Middle Ages: the 11th to 13th centuries. The Church and money in 12th century England. The Church and monetization in early medieval Denmark, c. 1060-1160. The Church, markets and money in early medieval England. Part 3 Money and Power: Coinage, Salvation and Ritual: From HEINRICVS REX to ROTHARDVS ABBAS - monastic coinage under the Ottonians and Salians (c. 911-1125). Saints, dukes and bishops: coinage in ducal Normandy, c. 930-c. 1150. Saints, sinners and ... a cow: offerings, alms and tokens of memory. The Church and money in Norway c. 1050-1250: salvation and monetisation. [Front cover background image: Laon Cathedral, late twelfth/early thirteenth century. Image: Giles E. M. Gasper]