Although Moneylending Was an Important Factor in the Success of Early

question 30

Multiple Choice

Although moneylending was an important factor in the success of early Italian merchant activity:

• 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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