Usury, Interest and the Reformation

by Eric Kerridge

This title was first published in 2003: In his Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas takes what most assume to be the orthodox Christian position when he condemns the practice of usury, which he defines as the charging a price for the loan of a sum of money. Yet, whilst this definition has become widely accepted by historians, it is clear from a close reading of contemporary texts, that by the Reformation, the situation was in fact much more complicated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138736783
• ISBN13: 9781138736788
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge