The Italian identity of this troubadour is predicated on his being " an old usurer during the period and may not refer to Cossezen's homeland.
42.
A bania is a member of a caste of moneylenders, to which Gandhi belonged, but the term is often used as a pejorative for a usurer.
43.
In June 1851 Almqvist fled Sweden on suspicion of fraud and poisoning attempts against the elderly usurer Johan Jacob von Scheven, to whom he owed 18000 riksdaler.
44.
Charging interest is classed in the Book of Ezekiel as being among the worst sins, and is forbidden according to usurers as people who have shed blood.
45.
The two men try to obtain justice from the law courts, but find that the law is corrupt the judge is a pawn of the usurer.
46.
A usurer was killed on the church forecourt as he was about to get married : a stone figure representing a usurer became detached and fell on him.
47.
A usurer was killed on the church forecourt as he was about to get married : a stone figure representing a usurer became detached and fell on him.
48.
And, of course, there was the Jewish usurer Shylock, out for his pound of flesh, seeming to care more about his ducats than his daughter.
49.
Whoever is in receipt of any of these is a usurer . " [ cited in Men against the State by James J . Martin, p . 208]
50.
Thus, the new landowners quickly ran into debt and because of the inadequate banking system had to borrow from boyars, large tenants or usurers at exorbitant interest rates.
