The attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins were different until about 1500 when both religions shared identical views on the matter. The Christians and Muslims opinions varied in all three docs. A good additional document would be if you could add the saying of a Muslim scholar on it.The Muslim Qur’an in document 2 is ok with trade as long as it is sold for a fair price and not for gain. The Qur’an probably says this because it is a holy book told to do what’s right.
Ibn Khaldun, document 5, is a leading Muslim scholar who believes merchants are necessary but dislikes them. He has this point of view because he is a scholar who is most likely living well and not seeing the way others must live without doing such things. Letter to and from Italian merchants in the 14th century are in document number 6. This is probably because of the fact that they’re merchants themselves.
A good additional document would be the accounts of all the merchants and their opinions on this matter.The Christian Bible (document 1) is used in the Christian faith. It most likely has this point of view because it is also a book used in Christianity. Context taken from an Islamic court decision, Ankara, seventeenth century but representative of Turkish guild practices in the 15th and 16th century, in (document 7) thinks that trade is unnecessary and not needed. A good additional document would be all the accounts of all the merchants and their opinions on the matter.Document 3 was written by Reginald, a monk of Durham, was a younger contrmporary and colleague of St.
Godric, his view is that trade isn’t important or necessary. He views it this way because he is a monk who doesn’t deal with trade at all. Document 4 was written by Thomas Aquinas, a leading Scholastic theologian, who believes that trade is ok, as long as it’s not exploited to raise the price against fellow human beings. He might view it this way because he’s a theologian who views religion more importantly than a merchant would. A good additional doc would be an account of all the merchants and monks and their opinions on the matter.
The attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins were different until about 1500 when both religions shared identical views on the matter. The Christians and Muslims opinions varied in all three docs. A good additional document would be if you could add the saying of a Muslim scholar on it.
