The book Paris, 1200 is pretty good read for anyone interested in 'point in time' history: > Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being…
…straight forward as 'charging interest'. Even in the time of Jesus of Nazareth charging interest was not unheard of (Matthew 25:27; Luke 19:23), and opportunity cost was recognized in the Middle Ages (see Paris, 1200 by Baldwin). * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost We tend to focus on lending money for commercial purposes, but in the ancient world most folks were probably peasant farmers, and they generally…
《巴黎，1200年》（Paris, 1200）这本书对于任何对“特定历史断代”感兴趣的人来说都是一本挺不错的读物：> 1200 年的巴黎是一座处于转型期的城市。伟大的巴黎圣母院工程过半，城墙正在……
The book Paris, 1200 is pretty good read for anyone interested in 'point in time' history: > Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being…
……那么简单的“收取利息”。甚至在拿撒勒人耶稣的时代，收取利息就屡见不鲜了（马太福音 25:27；路加福音 19:23），而且中世纪就已经有了机会成本的概念（参见 Baldwin 的《巴黎，1200年》）。* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost 我们往往把目光集中在以商业为目的的借贷上，但在古代世界大多数人可能都是自耕农，他们通常……
…straight forward as 'charging interest'. Even in the time of Jesus of Nazareth charging interest was not unheard of (Matthew 25:27; Luke 19:23), and opportunity cost was recognized in the Middle Ages (see Paris, 1200 by Baldwin). * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost We tend to focus on lending money for commercial purposes, but in the ancient world most folks were probably peasant farmers, and they generally…