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It is no coincidence that many jews used to be in the money lending business in those times. They could not charge interest on loans made to other jews, but chr
by Thiez 7y ago
It is no coincidence that many jews used to be in the money lending business in those times. They could not charge interest on loans made to other jews, but christians (and other non-jews) were fair game. Sadly this did not improve their popularity...
- lazyasciiart 7y agoLots of other reasons too, like fears of being driven out of town and having to abandon any physical goods and stores, not being allowed to own land (so no farmers), not being allowed to join many craft guilds....
- gowld 7y agoAlso, Christians were banned from lending, but didn't ban lending, so they needed non-Christians to fill the need.