Well- i thought that I might get away with livres. But, since
medieval-religion is rather amply endowed with experts in such things, I
will go for broke-- what might the currency have been in 1295 Bourges? all
best on a dreary Saturday, sharon
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From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: currency
>I am describing the benefice of an archbishop in 13th century France. Was
it
denominated in livres, pounds, lire, something else?
>Sharon Dale
>Most of the documents I have seen on this sort of thing are
calculated in solidi--which I suppose translates literally as sous,
though that may be confusing to readers who think of sous as tiny
little things. Megan McLaughlin
i wouldn't think that a sum of any size (e.g., an archbishop's
"benefice," whatever that might be) would be given in solidi; rather in
livres, as has been pointed out, depending upon the date, of the local
currancy (if, say, pre-1225) or, if later, increasingly in one or another of
the "standard" currencies --esp. that of paris, if the area was part of the
"royal domain."
in documents from the 11-12th cc in the region i usually find sums given in
"Chartes money", but, occasionally, in, say, "Etampes money," which i take
to
be an important distinction suggesting the controling diocese/"county" of
whatever place is in question.
if it is a matter of a specific archbishopric, you might have a look at
the series of "Pouillés" published by the Academie des Inscriptions/Recueil
des Historiens de la Gaule, which sometimes give
very specific population & income figures for the various dioceses, usually
down to the parish level. and, perhaps, up to the level of an archbishop's
"benefice."
best from here,
christopher
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