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Banishing Usury: The Expulsion of Foreign Moneylenders in Medieval Europe, 1200-1450
(2015-08-04)
Starting in the mid-thirteenth century, kings, bishops, and local rulers throughout western Europe repeatedly ordered the banishment of foreigners who were lending at interest. The expulsion of these foreigners, mostly ...
The Last Horizons of Roman Gaul: Communication, Community, and Power at the End of Antiquity
(2015-05-16)
In the fifth and sixth centuries CE, the Roman Empire fragmented, along with its network of political, cultural, and socio-economic connections. How did that network’s collapse reshape the social and mental horizons of ...