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Philipp der Schöne drohte stets ein wenig unterzugehen zwischen dem Glanz seiner burgundischen Vorgänger von Philipp dem Kühnen bis Karl dem Kühnen, den Memorialleistungen seines Vaters Maximilian, des "letzten Ritters", und dem weltumspannenden Ausgreifen Kaiser Karls V. In den letzten Jahren aber wurde er zunehmend aus diesem Schattendasein befreit: Bereits 2003 erschien eine magistrale Biographie aus der Feder J.-M. Cauchies’, 2006 bot Philipps 500. Todestag den Anlass zu einer Ausstellung der Königlichen Bibliothek in Brüssel. Begleitet wurde dieses Projekt von dem hier vorzustellenden Katalogband, wobei der Rezensent die Ausstellung selbst bedauerlicherweise nicht besuchen konnte. ...
The volume under review contains the published proceedings of a conference held in 2009 with the challenging title, "Merowingische Monetarmünzen und der Beginn des Mittelalters". These Merovingian "Monetarmünzen" are a distinctive group of coins of which less than 10 000 are currently known. Quite suddenly, in the late sixth century, this type of gold coinage appears, with the name of a moneyer ( monetarius ) on the obverse and the place name on the reverse (presumably, but not necessarily in all instances, the mint). Thus, over a thousand moneyers and 722 place names are recorded, many only attested once or twice. In the late 7 th c. these coins slowly give way to a system based on the silver penny/denier, no longer showing names of moneyers. Who were these moneyers? What was their relationship with the court and the kings? To what ends were those coins produced, and how were they used in daily commerce? Why are so many different mints attested? These questions have occupied scholars for several generations now. However, Jarnut and Strothmann have added a new perspective: in how far are these coinages and the associated monetary policy a continuation of late Roman practices, or do they represent something altogether different and can, therefore, be understood as an expression of a fundamentally altered society that could be termed medieval? ...