Usury and the Church of England
by the Rev. Henry Swabey
(1916-1995)

Usury overthrows trade, decays merchandise, undoes tillage,
destroys craftsmen, defaces chivalries, beats down nobility,
brings dearth and famine, and causes destruction and confusion.
Thomas Wilson 1569

A Saga of Retrieval
The 1000 Year War

List of Contents

I. Background
II. The Early Church
III. The Medieval Church
IV. Before the Reformation
V. Church Mints
VI. A Just and Stable Price
VII. Cloth is My Bread
VIII. Interest or Partnership
IX. Usury Legalized
X. Legalized Usury is not Legal
XI. Usury Moralized
XII. 18th Century
XIII. After Waterloo
XIV. Christian Socialism
XV. Recovery

Appendices

I. Dante Alighieri
II. Bibliography
III. In Praise of Usury
IV. Discourse Upon Usurye