Mining areas and minting chambers in medieval Hungary. “There is a generally-accepted estimate that in the 14th century, Hungary’s mines produced at least one third of the known world’s gold output, and 80-90% of Europe’s!” The source for this claim is Zoltán Batizi, “Mining in Medieval Hungary” in The Economy of Medieval Hungary (Brill, 2018), …
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