"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
Summary
This book examines the ways in which usury was perceived and portrayed as it rose to popularity in Renaissance England, taking into account the works of key literary figures of this period, including Milton and Shakespeare
