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Charging interest on debt; Jiang says the Catholic Church forbade it while elites still needed it.
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usury
Charging interest on debt; Jiang says the Catholic Church forbade it while elites still needed it.
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Nehemiah attacks internal exploitation by nobles taking interest from their own people and compels restoration through oath and public sanction.
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Jiang treats medieval restrictions on usury as producing a delegated role for Jews as moneylenders, tax collectors, and business agents for elites, making them scapegoats for elite power.
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"I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles, the nobles..."
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"to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses and their interests on money, grain, wine, and oil..."
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"...entirely Catholic. The Catholic religion does not allow for something called usury. And the idea of usury is you charge interest on debt. Okay?..."
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"This will become part of what we call the British Constitution. What makes the British Constitution unique is it's not written down. It's not..."
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"They're the ones who charge usury. They're the ones who collect taxes. They're also the ones who will engage in businesses for the nobles...."
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