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Roman Coins, Money, and Society in Elizabethan England: Sir Thomas Smith's 'on the Wages of the Roman Footsoldier'

Roman Coins, Money, and Society in Elizabethan England: Sir Thomas Smith's 'on the Wages of the Roman Footsoldier'

Burnett, Andrew
Simpson, Richard
Thorpe, Deborah

Hardcover

Series: Numismatic Studies, Book 36

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryAncient RomeCoins

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ISBN10: 0897223527
ISBN13: 9780897223522
Publisher: American Numismatic Society
Published: Nov 9 2017
Pages: 222
Weight: 2.20
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.30 Depth: 11.70
Language: English
Sir Thomas Smith's On the Wages of a Roman Footsoldier (OWRF) is virtually unknown to modern scholarship and, although it is the first original work written in England to use the evidence of ancient coins, it has previously played no part in the history of numismatics. Yet it clearly deserves to be better known. It throws new light on the 'Cambridge circle, ' the group of academics-turned-politicians who played a crucial role in the smooth accession of Elizabeth I. It allows us to reconstruct something of the humanistic interest in numismatics. It provides another strand to our knowledge of the importance of the Roman precedent in both influencing contemporary thought and having a direct bearing on contemporary politics.

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