
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3522927
Spanish Abstract: Entre los siglos XVI y XVIII, en el ambito catolico la usura se definia, en sentido estricto, como la ganancia o el lucro que se percibia por razon del prestamo de dinero (mutuo), pero en sentido mas amplio, la usura podia estar presente en cualquier operacion crediticia o de financiamiento. En este trabajo se analiza como evoluciono el concepto de usura. Se examina la condena a la usura por el derecho canonico, la teologia moral y la legislacion civil, las discusiones que se dieron en el Nuevo Mundo acerca de la licitud de algunas operaciones crediticias y de financiamiento y se concluye con un breve balance historiografico sobre la usura a lo largo de la temprana Edad Moderna. English Abstract: Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, in the Catholic sphere usury was defined, in the strict sense, as the profit that was received by the loan of money (mutuum), but in a broader sense, usury could be present in any credit or financial operation. This article discusses how the concept of usury evolved. It examines the condemnation of usury for canon law, moral theology and civil law, the discussions that took place in the New World about the lawfulness of some business and finance practices and concludes with a brief historiographic balance on usury throughout the Early Modern Age.
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