Mint right
The mint money was from the Middle Ages to the early modern period (or later) "the power coins to dominate and the monetary system to regulate in their own territory."
In the Middle Ages there were at times a large number of mints , and coins of the same type could have different values depending on who minted them, but there were certain regulations in the minting.
The right to mint coins was granted by the emperor to individual feudal princes and cities in the Holy Roman Empire . As in the Frankish empire of Charlemagne , the empire initially minted the coins itself. Since the 10th century, more and more fiefdoms and institutions have been granted the right to mint. For example, Emperor Otto I gave it to the Archdiocese of Cologne in 1039 . In the 16th century the empire stopped minting its own coins and only gave the framework.
In kingdoms, the king granted the right to mint in a similar way.
Individual monasteries of supraregional importance were granted the right to mint by the Pope , for example Cluny Abbey in 1058 .
Web links
- Hubert Emmerig: Coin Law (Middle Ages / Early Modern Times) . In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria
Individual evidence
- ^ Hubert Emmerig: Münzrecht (Middle Ages / Early Modern Times). In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . November 23, 2010, accessed July 20, 2019 .
- ^ The chronicle of the city of Cologne. In: stadtimpressionen-koeln.de. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .