24-03-2020, 07:52 AM
Was the Jew already associated with avarice / greed?
If history teaches us anything, it is that they were not. They were simply good merchants and still are today.
The expulsions came when people were once again too much in debt to the Jews.
It was a simple matter of putting something on the Jews so that they could be got rid of them. When the Jews are gone, the debts are gone.
But this could not be done with the other houses (Fugger, Venetian traders etc.). Therefore they became more and more powerful. What did not suit some kings.
If history teaches us anything, it is that they were not. They were simply good merchants and still are today.
The expulsions came when people were once again too much in debt to the Jews.
It was a simple matter of putting something on the Jews so that they could be got rid of them. When the Jews are gone, the debts are gone.
But this could not be done with the other houses (Fugger, Venetian traders etc.). Therefore they became more and more powerful. What did not suit some kings.