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The livre parisis ([livʁ paʁizi], Paris pound), also known as the Paris or Parisian livre, was a medieval French coin and unit of account originally notionally equivalent to a French pound of silver. It was the chief currency of the Capetian dynasty before being generally replaced by the livre tournois ("Tours pound") under Philip II in the ...
The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of coins and of units of account.
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Livre parisis. La livre parisis ( livre — cioè lira — di Parigi) è stata una delle monete standard ed un'unità di conto della Francia. A differenza delle livre tournois, che era divisa in 20 soldi ognuno di 12 denari, la livre parisis era divisa in 20 soldi ognuno di 15 denari; ciò significa che la livre parisis valeva 25 sol tournois ...
The livre tournois (French pronunciation: [livʁ tuʁnwa]; lit. ' Tours pound '; abbreviation: ₶.) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France, and a unit of account (i.e., a monetary unit used in accounting) used in Early Modern France. The 1262 monetary reform established the livre tournois as 20 sous tournois, or 80.88 grams of ...
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Het systeem van de livre en de denier diende als model voor vele Europese munten, waaronder het Britse pond, de Italiaanse lire, de Spaanse dinero en de Portugese dinheiro. De eerst bekende livre was de livre parisis. Aanvankelijk werden enkel deniers geslagen, maar later werden ook grotere stukken geslagen.
Parisis may refer to: Pierre Louis Parisis, Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851; Parisis, a synonym for the Pays de France region; Cormeilles-en-Parisis, a commune in the Île-de-France; The livre parisis (Paris livre (pound)), standard for minting French coins and a unit of account; Parisis, a genus of coral
Its value was one "livre Parisis" (one "Parisis pound"). It represented a major devaluation, and represented an attempt by Philip IV to obtain revenues through minting. At minting, the coin was attributed an account value of 25 sols tournois (one pound parisis).
