Buch, Englisch
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
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. Indeed, by the middle of the sixteenth century, Melanchthon was confidently to assert 'that which is interest is wholly different from usuries'. This book is the first systematic study of the practice of moneylending during the Reformation. Through the detailed examination of a variety of documents, it challenges the established views on usury and interest, providing a fresh interpretation that explains how figures such as Luther could condemn usury whilst still upholding the legality of lending money at interest.
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Contents: Introduction; The Argument: Usury and interest; The Reformation; Usury and interest in England; Select Documents: Calvin, Commentarii in Libros Mosis; Aquinas, Summa Theologica; Bernardine, Quadraquesimale de Religione Christiana; Calvin, Praelectiones in Libris Prophetiarum Jeremiae; Bullinger, Sermonum Decades quinque; Bucer, Enarrationum in Evangelia; Calvin, Epistolae et Responsa; Luther, An die Pfarrherrn wider den Wucher; Melanchthon, Conciones Explicantes Integrum Evangelium; Melanchthon, Enarratio Psalmi Dixit Dominus; Melanchthon, Definitiones Appellationum; Melanchthon, Catechesis Puerilis; Zwingli, Von göttlicher und menschlicher Gerechtigheit; Calvin, Commentarii in Librum Psalmorum; Calvin, Praelectiones in Libris Prophetiarum Jeremiae; Luther, An die Christlichen Adel Deudscher Nation; Luther, Kleiner Sermon vom Wucher; Luther, Letter to the Chancellor of the Elector of Saxony; Melanchthon, Enarratio Psalmi Dixit Dominus; Melanchthon, Catechesis Puerilis; Zwingli, Von göttlicher und menschlicher Gerechtigheit; Bullinger, Sermonum Decades quinque; Luther, An die Pfarrherrn wider den Wucher; Melanchthon, Philosophiae Moralis Epitomes; Melanchthon, Definitiones Appellationum; Melanchthon, Catechesis Puerilis; Calvin, Commentarii in Libros Mosis; Jewel, 'A paper on usury found in Bishop Jewel’s study'; Luther, Grosser Sermon vom Wucher; Luther, An die Pfarrherrn wider den Wucher; Luther, An die Pfarrherrn wider den Wucher; Luther, An die Pfarrherrn wider den Wucher; Wycliffe, Select English Works; Capel, Restitution in the Case of Usury; Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts, MS. Rawl.D.677; Sanderson, XXXVI Sermons; Hall, Heaven upon Earth and Cases of Conscience; Jewel, 'A paper on usury found in Bishop Jewel’s study'; Summary of select manuscript sources; Select bibiliography; Index.
