Term was used to describe Julius Caesar.
2006-08-25 13:48:49 · 6 answers · asked by Roger B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The word is "uxorious", meaning devoted to his wife....He once risked his life and political ruin by refusing to divorce his wife when the dictator Sulla ordered him to.
2006-08-25 14:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Spel Chekker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usury is the charging of excessive interest when loaning money. At the time of the Crusades, the church forbade the charging of any interest at all. But they made an exception for the Knights Templar. The knights were basically the first bankers. You would deposit money with them, get an IOU, and cash in the IOU at another Knights Templar site. Like a Catholic Express Traveler's Check. They charged interest on the money, but the church said that was OK--they said it was a fee, not interest.
2006-08-28 03:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective:
Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
Uxorious is from Latin uxorious, from uxor, wife.
I remember this from my Law classes, not referring to Julius Caesar but to another Roman Emperor: Justinian.
Justinian shocked public opinion when, in 523 he married Theodora, who was by profession a courtesan about 20 years his junior.
For her, Justinian passed a law allowing intermarriage between social classes. The marriage was a source of scandal, but Theodora would prove to be very intelligent, "street smart", a good judge of character and Justinian's greatest supporter. Because of this, Justinian praised his wife and women in general.
In the Middle Ages, and because Justinian valued women role in society, he was called "Legislador Uxorious".
2006-08-25 15:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by ptblueghost64 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
usurious
Excessive interest.
Credit cards charge usurious interest
In The Divine Comedy Dante places the usurers in the inner ring of the seventh circle of hell, below even suicides. (Showing how cultural attitudes have changed since the 14th century, the usurers' ring was shared only by the blasphemers and sodomites.)
2006-08-25 13:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by Kirk M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is uxorious, and it refers to a husband who is
excessively or submissively fond of his wife.
2006-08-25 14:55:13 · answer #5 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
usurious (–adjective)
1.practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money: a usurious moneylender.
2.constituting or characterized by usury: usurious rates of interest; a usurious loan.
2006-08-25 13:55:23 · answer #6 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋