Credit and Usury in Renaissance Italy (HOM 9-A)

History of Money, Lecture 9, Pt. A: a discussion of interest rates and the growing demand for credit in the High Middle Ages and Renaissance, including the Roman Catholic Church and its prohibition on usury.
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