Money was not a major player in economic, political, psychological, or ethical realms during the Middle Ages, says Le Goff (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris), and to be rich
meant having a lot of land, men, and power rather than a lot of money. He explores the role of coin in the medieval economy, in medieval life, and in medieval thought. He also considers how
Christianity regarded money and how it taught Christians what attitude they should adopt to it and to the uses to which it could be put. Le Moyen Age et l’argent was published by Perrin in
2010. Distributed in the US by Wiley. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
