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To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (224700)	10/17/2007 10:05:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793983

Lindy, it destroyed Spain as a world power. From which it is only now recovering. Anybody who still claims that inflation is not a monetary phenomenon need look no further. I got in a whole lot of trouble with my Spanish Daughter-in-Law years ago when I told her Spain's biggest problem was that it never went though the Renaissance.

To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (224700)	10/19/2007 8:09:29 AM
From: Tobias Ekman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793983

Re:"[] The inflationary effect [] destroyed Spain as a world power". What about the inquisition and the expulsion of the spanish jews. Ferdinand and Isabella made the worst of economic systems. They made it illegal to be jewish. They would torture You until you admitted (whatever).. The king got half of Your values and the church got the other half. Since the church was not allowed to spill any blood they burned you alive. There was a huge amount of false papers,and rich christian people probably got burned as well. People does not like to get burned, so they left for the rest of Europe.. :) Christopher Columbus left for America on the last day jews were allowed to be in spain. And the trip was financed by a banker from Valencia-- I forgot his name, but I saw his statue once I visited the city..