Building an Empire: Money, Trade and Power in the Age of Charlemagne

This exhibition marks the 1200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne, ‘beacon, king and father of Europe’. A selection of the finest medieval coins from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s own collection (Frankish, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Byzantine and Islamic) will be on show to illustrate the complex political, economic and cultural ties of the period.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/article.html?4518

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000375?id=EVENT477291