>That's a strange way to phrase things. no, not really, you have to order it chronologically: charging interest was verboten and in law it was called usury. la

>That's a strange way to phrase things. no, not really, you have to order it chronologically: charging interest was verboten and in law it was called usury. later, interest was deemed ok... but charging too much interest was to be sanctioned and usury was a handy word to use.