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

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Elder (899-924)
Moneyer: Gunter
Production place: Northeast Mercia/east midlands (Possible)

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadred (946-55)
Moneyer: Nothel
Production place: East Anglia/east midlands

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadwig (955-9)
Moneyer: Godserres

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Godric
Mint: Huntingdon

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: St. Edmund
Moneyer: Winegar (?)

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Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Olaf Guthfrithsson (939–41)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: man
Mint: Canterbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Bioca
Production place: Mercia/Wessex

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Eadweald
Mint: Canterbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ecgberht (802–39)
Moneyer: Swefheard
Mint: Canterbury

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Godwine
Mint: Bedford

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Earnwulf
Production place: Mercia/Wessex

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Dunning
Mint: Hastings

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Elder (899-924)
Moneyer: Deorweald
Production place: Wessex

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadred (946-55)
Moneyer: Riculf

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99)
Moneyer: Deorweald
Mint: Canterbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (855-69)
Moneyer: Eadweald
Mint: Ipswich (Presumed)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Elder (899-924)
Moneyer: Beornweald
Production place: Wessex

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