The Origins of the Old Rus′ Weights & Monetary Systems - Two Studies in Western Eurasian Metrology & Numismati

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-916458-48-5
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies

In this sweeping and synthesizing work, Professor Omeljan Pritsak charts the influence of Western European, Arabic, Khazaro-Bulgarian, and, later, Byzantine metrological and numismatic systems on the development of these systems in Kyivan Rus´. Beginning with a survey of the weights and monetary systems extant in Eurasia in the seventh to eleventh centuries, Pritsak goes on to solve many of the fundamental problems that have existed for over a century in the study of Old Rus´ metrology and numismatics. Many of Pritsak’s conclusions challenge conventional theories in this field. Students of the history of Rus´ and numismatists in general will find this to be the most thoroughly researched and documented English-language study of the subject to date.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pritsak, Omeljan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Pritsak, Omeljan
Omeljan Pritsak is Mykhailo Hryshevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.