Medieval

Scope note

Refers to the period in the Christianized Roman Empire from roughly the fifth to the fifteenth century CE. The variety of styles that developed during this period are generally characterized by an evolution of the Greco-Roman tradition to incorporate Christian themes, the energetic spirit of the Celtic and Germanic peoples, and the thriving new towns populated by free men.

This term has 6,540 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name type
Keyword
School / style
Period
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300020756

Broader Terms used

<Medieval styles and periods>

Narrower Terms used

<Medieval regional styles>
Early Medieval
Gothic (Medieval)
International Gothic
Late Medieval
Proto-Renaissance
Romanesque

Term used for

Mediaeval
Middle Ages

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Burgred (852-74)
Moneyer: Wulfheard
Mint: London

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (939-46)
Moneyer: Baciager
Production place: Northeast Mercia/east midlands (I)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Sæwine
Mint: Exeter

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: St. Edmund

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) (Inferred)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (939-46)
Moneyer: Bosa
Production place: East Anglia/east midlands

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Osweald
Mint: Lewes

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Coenwulf (796-821)
Moneyer: Ælfhun
Mint: London

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Beorhtsige
Mint: Winchester

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Ketill
Mint: Exeter

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Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Sæwine
Mint: Salisbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

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Dinero

Maker(s)

Issuer: Infante D. John (1295-c.1301)
Mint: León (Uncertain)
Mint: Leîn

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelberht (858/60–65)
Moneyer: Hebeca
Mint: Canterbury
Ceolnoth (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (939-46)
Moneyer: Are
Production place: Northeast Mercia/east midlands (I)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Wicing
Mint: Exeter

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadred (946-55)
Moneyer: Eofermund

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Moneyer: Æthelwine
Mint: Oxford

Penny

Maker(s)

Production place: Frisia

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) (Inferred)

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