Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Gratiana
Angaben zur Quelle:
28 (1998) 199-212
Keywords:
Pinamonte da Vimercate
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
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Antisemitism History To 1500
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Moneylenders
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Usury
Abstract:
Medieval financial regulations in Italy stipulated that a loan would be repaid at its real value, even if the currency underwent changes. However, describes the case when Jewish moneylenders were denied this benefit with the argument that the regulations did not apply to Jewish usurers. This argument was sustained by Giovanni Antonio Carafa (d. 1486), a canon law expert in Napoli, who quoted authorities such as Giovanni d'Andrea and Pillio da Medicina. In fact, all these experts based their arguments on a case of "odium usurarum" which originated in the 12th century, a ruling by Pinamonte da Vimercate, head of the the city of Bologna (1177-1179), who, at a time of general discontent, decreed that loans made by Jewish usurers should be repaid in the devalued new currency.
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