Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting
Portuguese dinheiro, soldo and libra reckoning, followed by the real in royal accounts.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Roman solidus
Its place in the family
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Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Its older Frankish ancestry is admitted through the Carolingian-derived account tradition. The immediate path into Portugal, including the proposed León connection, remains open. Around 1435–1436 the real replaced the libra in state accounting. [1] [2] [3]
Turning points
Portucalense land contracts state soldo debts settled in dinheiros, including…
Portucalense land contracts state soldo debts settled in dinheiros, including money of King AlfonsoVI. These are earlier regional account witnesses. [4]
Coimbra’s municipal ordinance sets goods prices in denarii and penalties in…
Coimbra’s municipal ordinance sets goods prices in denarii and penalties in solidi, with the king’s consent. This is legal Portuguese dinheiro/soldo accounting before the libra’s later introduction as a larger multiple. [5]
The price law values a load of wax at 90 Portuguese libras, an arroba at 7.5…
The price law values a load of wax at 90 Portuguese libras, an arroba at 7.5 libras, and an arrátel at 4 soldos 8 dinheiros. This directly attests the integrated account scales. [6]
The law of 11April 1401 adjusts rent and debt obligations denominated in…
The law of 11April 1401 adjusts rent and debt obligations denominated in Portuguese libras. [7]
Sources and evidence
- Miquel Crusafont, Anna M. Balaguer and Philip Grierson · Medieval European Coinage, volume 6 (2013)
- James J.Todesca · It Touches All: Coinage and Monetary Policy in León-Castile to 1230, FordhamPhD 1996; Andrew Kurt · Visigothic Currency in its Making and Movement (2019)
- Pedro Puntoni · Da libra ao real: sobre a formação do sistema monetário português (1185–1580), Revista de História178 (2019), DOI10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2019.141351
- Damião Peres · Analogias e discordâncias das numárias medievais de Leão-Castela e Portugal, Nvmisma78–83(1966),23–34
- Coimbra municipal ordinance 1145; reproduced by António Amaro Rosa from Alexandre Herculano’s 1867 edition · Os Pelourinhos da Lusitânia(1820–1974), documentary appendix, Document1; Damião Peres · Analogias e discordâncias das numárias medievais de Leão-Castela e Portugal, Nvmisma78–83(1966),23–34
- Luís Seabra Lopes · Sistemas Legais de Medidas de Peso e Capacidade, do Condado Portucalense ao Século XVI, Portvgalia24(2003),113–164; Imprensa Nacional–Casa da Moeda · A Casa da Moeda em Datas, chronology
- Pedro Puntoni · Da libra ao real: sobre a formação do sistema monetário português (1185–1580), Revista de História178 (2019), DOI10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2019.141351
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