What was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency

Using a credit theory of money, we propose that at least some Slavic tribal communities underwent a process of social monetization. In order to fully support this hypothesis, however, many linguistic and historiographic sources would need to be discussed – a task which exceeds the scope of a single...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:93262a47018845d2aaa3c21610b028bc2021-12-01T14:42:35ZWhat was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/93262a47018845d2aaa3c21610b028bc2020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10544https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Using a credit theory of money, we propose that at least some Slavic tribal communities underwent a process of social monetization. In order to fully support this hypothesis, however, many linguistic and historiographic sources would need to be discussed – a task which exceeds the scope of a single article. Therefore, we will here focus on examining (from technical perspective) the oldest type of “money” mentioned by Slavic tribal communities, which we interpret as physical records of mutual obligations.Jan KratochvílJakub KoláčekEXARCarticlemoneyearly middle agesczech republictextilepolandslovakiatradeMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2020/4 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic money
early middle ages
czech republic
textile
poland
slovakia
trade
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle money
early middle ages
czech republic
textile
poland
slovakia
trade
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Jan Kratochvíl
Jakub Koláček
What was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency
description Using a credit theory of money, we propose that at least some Slavic tribal communities underwent a process of social monetization. In order to fully support this hypothesis, however, many linguistic and historiographic sources would need to be discussed – a task which exceeds the scope of a single article. Therefore, we will here focus on examining (from technical perspective) the oldest type of “money” mentioned by Slavic tribal communities, which we interpret as physical records of mutual obligations.
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Jakub Koláček
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title What was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency
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title_full What was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency
title_fullStr What was *platъ and how Did it Work?: Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency
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