Hi, I'm working on a project and I am relatively new to finding and using contemporary sources, especially in this era. I was hoping someone might be able to guide me in the right direction for finding these kinds of sources. Currently, I'm specifically looking for any sources that could give me an idea of the economic state of London during King Athelstan's rule. I don't know if such documents would even be available, but if they are I am having a difficult time finding them.
Hey, unfortunately these kind of economic records simply aren't the kind of thing that survive at all from Early Medieval England, if indeed they were ever compiled. The closest thing we have is the numismatic record, for an overview of which I would recommend Rory Naismith's Citadel of the Saxons: The Rise of Early Medieval London and Blackburn (Ed.)'s Kings, Currency and Alliances.
In terms of primary sources, you'd have to get stuck into the Portable Antiquities Scheme database and the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Early Medieval corpus.
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