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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

12yrs ago

Connected records

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Wulfsige
Mint: Cambridge

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: [Æthelw]eard
Mint: London

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eltangerht (c.947-9)
Production place: East Midlands (Possible)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99)
Moneyer: Hunferth
Mint: Canterbury
Plegmund (890-923) (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Offa (757-96)
Moneyer: Ealhmund
Mint: London (Uncertain)

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Production place: Frisia

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Ioketill
Mint: York

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Dinero

Maker(s)

Issuer: Infante D. John (1295-c.1301)
Mint: Seville

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Cnut (1016-35)
Moneyer: Goda
Mint: Shaftsbury

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Moneyer: Folcard
Production place: East Anglia

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelberht (858/60–65)
Moneyer: Dudda
Mint: Canterbury (Uncertain)

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Ásketill
Mint: Cambridge

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Eardwulf
Mint: Stafford

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Moneyer: Frithuric

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

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