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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The lords would borrow money from Jewish lenders to pay for wars since Christians wouldn’t loan without interest,

Literally the opposite....

The taking of interest was forbidden to clerics from AD 314. It was strictly forbidden for laymen in 1179. The beginning of the end as far as the total ban on interest was concerned came in the sixteenth century.

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1030,00.html

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's what I said, the Christians wouldn't loan because they couldn't charge interest.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Christians wouldn’t loan without interest,

You used a double negative dawg...

What you said was:

Christians would loan with interest

That might not be what you meant to type, but that's what was typed.

Or you could have said:

since Christians wouldn’t loan because they couldn't loan without interest,

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My bad. Thanks for the correction.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No worries

[–] xionzui@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

While that statement could be interpreted either way, I thought the context made it pretty clear what they meant