Dorincard: USSURI has endangered species. USURY has...endangered the Jews from England. In 1290, King Edward I issued an edict expelling all JEWS from England. Read Edict of Expulsion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Also, I show you a maxicard with OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND - a city built on land owned by ENGLISHMAN Thomas Fenwick. In 1869, businessman ISAAC Coffin [ :) ] built the first beach-front cottage to receive paying guests.

You thought only the ARABS have had conflicts with the JEWS / JEWISH people?
Read on, baby: Edict of Expulsion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In 1290, King Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England.

Lasting for the rest of the Middle Ages, it would be over 350 years until it was formally overturned in 1656.

The edict was not an isolated incident, but the culmination of over 200 years of conflict on the matters of usury."

"Economically, Jews played a key role in the country.

The church at the time strictly forbade usury, or the lending of money for profit.

This created a vacuum in the economy of Europe that only Jews were able to fill (canon law was not considered to apply to Jews, and Judaism permits loans with interest between Jews and non-Jews).^[4]

As a consequence, some Jews made large amounts of money.

However, taking advantage of their unique status as his direct subjects, the King could expropriate Jewish assets in the form of taxation.

He levied heavy taxes on Jews at will without having to summon Parliament.^[5]

The Jewish community acted as a kind of giant monetary filter:

Jews collected interest on money lent to the people which the King could take at his pleasure.

Jews acquired a reputation as extortionate moneylenders which made them extremely unpopular with both the Church and the general public.

While antisemitism was widespread in Europe, medieval England was particularly antisemitic"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion

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"Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, or OCMD, is an Atlantic Ocean resort town in Worcester County,Maryland, United States. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area. The population was 7,173 at the 2000 census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers."

"The land the city was built on, as well as much of the surrounding area, was once owned by Englishman Thomas Fenwick.

In 1869, businessman Isaac Coffin built the first beach-front cottage to receive paying guests.

During those days, people arrived by stage coach and ferry.

They came to fish off the shore, to enjoy the natural beauty of the Atlantic Ocean pounding against the long strip of sandy beach, to collect seashells, or just to sit back and watch the rolling surf."

Ocean City, Maryland

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