Books on this subject
The Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique publishing house regularly publishes books on heritage collections and sites. In connection with the Loire-Atlantique, Land of Treasures exhibit, three books published on the subject are available at the Château de Châteaubriant gift shop.
Dépôts Monétaires en Loire-Atlantique. Des Trésors et des Hommes
In Dépôts Monétaires en Loire-Atlantique. Des Trésors et des Hommes, archaeologists, numismatists and curators examine the prestigious medallion cabinet of the Musée Dobrée from the angle of history and archaeology. Coins, precious crockery and jewellery, buried long ago in anticipation of an uncertain future, mark for posterity the key historical events of the department. Treasures everyone can appreciate!
Monnaies Mérovingiennes
While in Dépôts Monétaires, des Trésors et des Hommes archaeologists and numismatists explain the collections of all the periods, Monnaies Mérovingiennes introduces us to the little-known world of the Merovingian kingdoms.
Poids et Balances Monétaires
Dedicated to the special measuring instruments used by merchants and bankers at a time when money was worth its weight in metal, Poids et Balances Monétaires explains how they were used, manufactured and circulated throughout Europe, with a section on the areas of Nantes where the various metal trades once flourished.
La Monnaie au temps des chevaliers
To know how to look at a medieval coin, how to describe it, how it was made and by whom, whether true or false, when and how it was used: an initiation for young and old, which reveals all the procedures, problems and controversies that a small piece could serve or provoke, in workshops or counters as on fairs and treaties.