INFORMATION CONCERNING CURRENCY CIRCULATION IN MARAMUREŞ COUNTY DURING THE 14TH-15TH CENTURIES
INFORMATION CONCERNING CURRENCY CIRCULATION IN MARAMUREŞ COUNTY DURING THE 14TH-15TH CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: This study examines, through the lenses of social and economic history, cases in which coins were present in the lives of the local social elites of Maramureş. The published documents that have been analysed are concerned with the economic situation of Maramureş County in the 14th and 15th centuries. The study focuses on currency circulation in the micro-area of Maramureş County that lies southeast of the Tisza River. The analysis highlights six everyday life situations in which coinage was present: pledges and sales of land, robbery, the payment of fines and litigation expenses, hoarding up money and property, the payment of bloodwite as compensation for murder, agreements or the payment of liabilities or damages. This research has led to the identification of similar situations in the Kingdom of Hungary, highlighting the fact that the Maramureş society adopted not only the institutions of the kingdom, but also its monetary system as reflected by the currency circulation at that time.

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