The Carolingian currency in the Hispanic March. XXVII Seminar on monetary history of the Crown of Aragon

The Carolingian currency in the Hispanic March. XXVII Seminar on monetary history of the Crown of Aragon

May 9 and 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Place: 
Innova room
Prices: 

15 €. Students, retired people and Amics del museu, 10 €

Description:

Open registrations for the XXVII Seminar on monetary history of the Crown of Aragon dedicated this year to the Carolingian currency and its foundational role in the emissions of Barcelona and the counties that later on became Catalunya Vella. Charlemagne and his successors imposed a new monetary system based on coinage in fine silver. This pieces were integrated in a count currency system that allowed them to put a price on any good and that lasts on the Principality until the nineteenth century.

And why this subject? Because in 2014 the Ajuntament de Barcelona bought one a coin from Barcelona from the reign of Louis the Pious and because, that same year, the Ministerio de Cultura, Educación y Deporte acquired another coin from Barcelona corresponding to the reign of Charlemagne. This second piece it’s been deposited by the Museo Arqueológico Nacional to the Museu Nacional to expose it in the exhibition room of the Cabinet, while the first one was already exposed in the Museu d’Història of the city in 2015.

This acquisitions, knowing how rare the emissions of the Carolingian counties of Hispanic March are, offers an opportunity to a more direct study and divulge of this heritage and its historian significance.

This course is recognized by the Departament d’Ensenyament of the Generalitat de Catalunya as an educational activity for teachers.

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PROGRAM

Coordination: Albert Estrada-Rius, chief curator of the Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya del Museu Nacional de Catalunya.

Tuesday May 9th, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Els carolingis i la Marca Hispànica: política, economia i societat, by Josep M. Salrach, Dr. and professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

La monarquia carolíngia i la moneda, by Albert Estrada-Rius, Dr. and chief curator of the Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya.

Thursday May 11th, from 5p.m. to 8 p.m.

Les emissions carolíngies als comtats de la Marca, by Anna Maria Balaguer, Dra. and vocal of the Societat Catalana d’Estudis Numismàtics (Filial del IEC).

Information and reservation: 

Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya

T. 93 622 03 60

Monday to Friday, de 9 a 14 h

[email protected]

Limited capacity

Price: 15 €. Students, retired people and Amics del museu, 10 €

The matriculation gives right to a publication about the content of the course and certificate of assistance

To attend the course is necessary: 

  1. to reserve place: giving per phone o e-mail your name, surnames, home address, city, postal code, telephone and e-mail.
  2. to deposit an amount of matriculation to the current account addressed to the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (núm. IBAN ES40 2100 0974 89 0200035583)

El museu cumple en todos sus términos con la Lei Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal (BOE núm. 289, de 14 de desembre de 1999)

 

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