Re: Where in Glorantha is this?

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From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_L6NjPI0Cja8HpZgRURsqPBhUSMjcokgfZNwvWE19-OTK4oxpy66d4xgdsb8KtjXBpIg>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:03:36 -0000

Donald wrote:
>
> Dodges to get round the laws against usary are traditional for
> European feudalism. Whether this is an issue in Western Glorantha
> depends on the attitude of the Malkioni church to usary.

I think they're far less against it than the medieval Christian Church was. This may, in part, be because merchants are traditionally members of the noble caste in Malkioni society. (Although, OTOH, Mohammed was a merchant, and Islam is pretty strongly against usury, so this may not prove much).

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