The culture of usury in Renaissance England /

Hawkes, David, 1964-

The culture of usury in Renaissance England / David Hawkes. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 200 p. : 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Howe is the worlde chaunged" : the emergence of usury -- The Aristotelian and Biblical critiques -- The theological critique -- "Strange metamorphosis" : the death of hospitality -- Magic, labor, and allegory : imagining the usurer -- "Tramplers of time" : alchemists, goldsmiths, and sodomites.

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Usury--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Usury--History--Great Britain--17th century.

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