Since God had forbidden people to lend money at interest why did Elizabethans modify their understanding of divine law
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1.Norman Jones, God and the Moneylenders, Usury and the Law in Early Modern England (Oxford: Blackwell,1989), 6-46.
2.Read: “A Communication or Speeches between the riche worldly merchant, the godly & zealous preacher, the temporal and civil lawyers or the lone of money for gayne,” in Sir Thomas Wilson, A Discourse on Usury (1572). STC / 25807 The reading begins on Sig. B i (image 19). You can read it in the original print or in the “Full Text” version, with modern print, but weird scanning errors. It is available through Early English Books Online. Log in to the Library and search for the electronic edition of this book, using the 1572 printing. If you go to Early English Books Online, all you need is the bibliographic number, STC 25807.
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