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The ''livre tournois'' ((:livʁ tuʁnwa), ''Tours pound'') was: *one of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages; and *a unit of account (i.e., a monetary unit used in accounting) used in France in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ==Circulating currency== The ''denier tournois'' coin was initially minted by the abbey of Saint Martin in the Touraine region of France. Soon after Philip II of France seized the counties of Anjou and Touraine in 1203 and standardized the use of the ''livre tournois'' there, the livre tournois began to supersede the ''livre parisis'' (Paris pound) which had been up to that point the official currency of the Capetian dynasty. The livre tournois was, in common with the original livre of Charlemagne, divided into 20 ''sols'' (''sous'' after 1715), each of which was divided into 12 deniers. Between 1360 and 1641, coins worth one livre tournois were minted, known as ''francs'' (the name coming from the inscription "Johannes Dei Gratia Francorum Rex", "Jean, by the grace of God, King of the French"). Other francs were minted under Charles V of France, Henri III of France and Henri IV of France. The use of the name "franc" became a synonym for livre tournois in accounting. The first French paper money, issued between 1701 and 1720, was denominated in livres tournois (see "Standard Catalog of World Paper Money", Albert Pick). This was the last time the name was used officially, as later notes and coins were denominated simply in livres, the livre parisis having finally been abolished in 1667. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Livre tournois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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