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It used to be this way with/amoung Christians (in the middle ages). But non-Christians could lend to Christians. That meant Jews were able to lend to Christians
by rmc 13y ago
It used to be this way with/amoung Christians (in the middle ages). But non-Christians could lend to Christians. That meant Jews were able to lend to Christians.
People often did 'hacks' against it, such as using pawn shops. Many cities in Europe have a "Lombard Street" based on this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_banking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_banking )
- jholman 13y agoSo San Francisco is not the only city with a remarkably crooked Lombard Street?
- notdrunkatall 13y agoI wonder if that is the source of the street's name...
- rmc 13y agoUnlikely. San Francisco is a young city (by european standards), and is younger than when there was Lombard Banks. It's more likely that when people were naming streets they just picked a nice name (or a familiar name), rather than naming it after the local Lombard Bank that was there.