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What was *plat褗 and how Did it Work? Reconstructing a Piece of Slavic Cloth Currency
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Using a credit theory of money, we propose that at least some Slavic tribal communities underwent a process of social monetization. In order to fully support this hypothesis, however, many linguistic and historiographic sources would need to be discussed 鈥 a task which exceeds the scope of a single article. Therefore, we will here focus on examining (from technical perspective) the oldest type of 鈥渕oney鈥 mentioned by Slavic tribal communities, which we interpret as physical records of mutual obligations.
People Want Quality and They are Willing to Pay for it
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The international and European notion of cultural and creative industries has not shown much appreciation of the potential of the cultural sector, especially the heritage sector. This may or may not be fair, but the perspective in the conclusions from KEA studies on cultural economy and creativity has been symptomatic for the European approach (KEA 2006; 2009)...
Presenting Medieval Gambling and Pub Life
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There are many legendary games in the Middle Ages with professed losses of clothes, horses and, what is more, whole estates, and even halves of kingdoms. But was money really the most important part of gambling?...