Search Results
7/9/2025, 2:34:37 AM
>>509879307
Constantine the Great punished conversion to Judaism with death, illegalized Jewish/Christian intermarriage and forbade Jews from owning Christian slaves. Jews had some legal privileges (in exchange for a silver tax) which stemmed from the time of Caesar and the second diaspora created by Nero and Titus, but Constantine II and Constans revoked any remaining Jewish privilegia. Justinian the Great crushed a huge Samaritan (Jewish) revolt in Palestine.
And yes, Usury was completely illegal in the Middle Ages WITHIN YOUR FAITH. The Old Testament forbids both to Jews and Christians to lend Usury to adherents of their own faith, but not for others. Jews would lend to Christians, BUT Lombard bankers did the same to Jews in turn. Imagine that, your ancestors actually figured out how to Jew the Jews!
In addition, Jewish profits were meaningless, first because they had no way to enforce payment (and trying to would cause a pogrom), and second, they were forbidden from participating in trade or merchant leagues, joining crafts or guilds, inheriting titles or owning land and completely banned from Church lands (1/3rds of agricultural production at the time), thus rendering it absolutely useless.
The Lombard banks on the other hand could finance investments through loans on collateral, had a monopoly on pawnbrokering and currency exchange. Thus whenever Jews loaned with interest, they lost the value to the Christian trade monopoly. In addition, the Jews were heavily taxed (for their financial actions). It was called "Fiscus Judaica", and the Church continued doing it. Not to forget, Jews couldn't hide, being forced to wear hat&star as marks.
Constantine the Great punished conversion to Judaism with death, illegalized Jewish/Christian intermarriage and forbade Jews from owning Christian slaves. Jews had some legal privileges (in exchange for a silver tax) which stemmed from the time of Caesar and the second diaspora created by Nero and Titus, but Constantine II and Constans revoked any remaining Jewish privilegia. Justinian the Great crushed a huge Samaritan (Jewish) revolt in Palestine.
And yes, Usury was completely illegal in the Middle Ages WITHIN YOUR FAITH. The Old Testament forbids both to Jews and Christians to lend Usury to adherents of their own faith, but not for others. Jews would lend to Christians, BUT Lombard bankers did the same to Jews in turn. Imagine that, your ancestors actually figured out how to Jew the Jews!
In addition, Jewish profits were meaningless, first because they had no way to enforce payment (and trying to would cause a pogrom), and second, they were forbidden from participating in trade or merchant leagues, joining crafts or guilds, inheriting titles or owning land and completely banned from Church lands (1/3rds of agricultural production at the time), thus rendering it absolutely useless.
The Lombard banks on the other hand could finance investments through loans on collateral, had a monopoly on pawnbrokering and currency exchange. Thus whenever Jews loaned with interest, they lost the value to the Christian trade monopoly. In addition, the Jews were heavily taxed (for their financial actions). It was called "Fiscus Judaica", and the Church continued doing it. Not to forget, Jews couldn't hide, being forced to wear hat&star as marks.
7/7/2025, 12:41:42 PM
>>17821828
Constantine the Great punished conversion to Judaism with death, illegalized Jewish/Christian intermarriage and forbade Jews from owning Christian slaves. Jews had some legal privileges (in exchange for a silver tax) which stemmed from the time of Caesar and the second diaspora created by Nero and Titus, but Constantine II and Constans revoked any remaining Jewish privilegia. Justinian the Great crushed a huge Samaritan (Jewish) revolt in Palestine.
And yes, Usury was completely illegal in the Middle Ages WITHIN YOUR FAITH. The Old Testament forbids both to Jews and Christians to lend Usury to adherents of their own faith, but not for others. Jews would lend to Christians, BUT Lombard bankers did the same to Jews in turn. Imagine that, your ancestors actually figured out how to Jew the Jews!
In addition, Jewish profits were meaningless, first because they had no way to enforce payment (and trying to would cause a pogrom), and second, they were forbidden from participating in trade or merchant leagues, joining crafts or guilds, inheriting titles or owning land and completely banned from Church lands (1/3rds of agricultural production at the time), thus rendering it absolutely useless.
The Lombard banks on the other hand could finance investments through loans on collateral, had a monopoly on pawnbrokering and currency exchange. Thus whenever Jews loaned with interest, they lost the value to the Christian trade monopoly. In addition, the Jews were heavily taxed (for their financial actions). It was called "Fiscus Judaica", and the Church continued doing it. Not to forget, Jews couldn't hide, being forced to wear hat&star as marks.
Constantine the Great punished conversion to Judaism with death, illegalized Jewish/Christian intermarriage and forbade Jews from owning Christian slaves. Jews had some legal privileges (in exchange for a silver tax) which stemmed from the time of Caesar and the second diaspora created by Nero and Titus, but Constantine II and Constans revoked any remaining Jewish privilegia. Justinian the Great crushed a huge Samaritan (Jewish) revolt in Palestine.
And yes, Usury was completely illegal in the Middle Ages WITHIN YOUR FAITH. The Old Testament forbids both to Jews and Christians to lend Usury to adherents of their own faith, but not for others. Jews would lend to Christians, BUT Lombard bankers did the same to Jews in turn. Imagine that, your ancestors actually figured out how to Jew the Jews!
In addition, Jewish profits were meaningless, first because they had no way to enforce payment (and trying to would cause a pogrom), and second, they were forbidden from participating in trade or merchant leagues, joining crafts or guilds, inheriting titles or owning land and completely banned from Church lands (1/3rds of agricultural production at the time), thus rendering it absolutely useless.
The Lombard banks on the other hand could finance investments through loans on collateral, had a monopoly on pawnbrokering and currency exchange. Thus whenever Jews loaned with interest, they lost the value to the Christian trade monopoly. In addition, the Jews were heavily taxed (for their financial actions). It was called "Fiscus Judaica", and the Church continued doing it. Not to forget, Jews couldn't hide, being forced to wear hat&star as marks.
Page 1