(This might only ring a bell to English people of a Certain Age, but there you go…) If an item cost less than a penny, then people would literally just cut the coin into half and so it would be exactly – one half-penny. The history of the half-penny: Back in these times, coin-making was a lengthy multi-step hand-made process which usually resulted in a probably thin coin called a penny.(Isn’t that usually the way?)Īs it was such a great read packed with info, I’ve done this in note form of some items that were of particular interest to me: In reading Lacey and Danzinger’s book, I realized that it was a lot more than that. I don’t have much any background in Medieval history (apart from early junior high years and the endless watching of Monty Python’s The Holy Grail during the college years), but I did have a general idea of it being cold, dark and muddy. I really enjoy learning about social history of times past, much more so than the political and military side of things, and so this book was right up my alley.
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