Early Modern Lutheran Theologians and the Redeemable Census

In sixteenth-century Germany, a particular financial operation called widerkaufflicher Zins or five percent contract sparked massive legal and theological controversies. This contract produced effects like a loan and therefore countered the interest-taking prohibition. Martin Luther (1483-1546), Phi...

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Main Author: Paolo Astorri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2022-07-01
Series:Studia Historica: Historia Moderna
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_Historica/article/view/29424