Traces of trade between early medieval England and the Middle East: Coins, cloth and condiments

What are all these Arabic coins doing in early medieval England? What did Anglo-Saxons use exotic silks for and where did they get their spices? Join us as we explore some traces of trade between the East and the West in the early Middle Ages!

This is the first of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored by Leiden University's Jusitce, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion [JEDI] fund.

Script and on camera: Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck
Camera and editing: Thomas Vorisek, Leiden University
The voice of Bede: Amos van Baalen

Image credits:
Offa coin: © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Al-Mansur coin: Wikimedia commons, user: DrFO.Jr.Tn (CC BY 3.0)
Lebuinus silk: Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, foto Ruben de Heer
Silk cap: © York Archaelogy
JEDI Fund logo: Art by See you Sioe

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