Although Money Lending Was an Important Factor in the Commercial

question 57

Multiple Choice

Although money lending was an important factor in the commercial success of Europe in this period:

• A) merchants had to procure loans from Muslim bankers, as such wealth was not available in Europe.
• B) the Church taught that all merchants were beyond God's favor.
• C) northern medieval towns prospered instead, because of the traditional landed aristocracy.
• D) the papacy refused to borrow money in the Middle Ages.
• E) the Western Christian church condemned the practice as usurious.

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