OVERLORDS OF MONEY
THE TRIUMPH OF THE
MONEYLENDERS AND THE COMING WORLD ORDER
"World events
do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, and most of
them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings."
Denis Healey, British
Labour Party minister and Member of Parliament 1952-1992
THE MONEYLENDERS
Lending has been around since
the dawn of recorded human civilization. Over thousands of years,
the basic premise is that excess wealth will be temporarily transferred
to those who can put it to work, with the expectation that it
will be repaid.
The earliest records of lending
come from Mesopotamia around 2000-3000 BCE. Temples, considered
the earliest banks, served as repositories for valuable items
and grain, and priests would lend these resources to local farmers
and merchants. The temples were also responsible for keeping records
of these transactions.
The Code of Hammurabi was an
ancient legal code in Babylon which included regulations on interest
rates.
The original banks were "merchant
banks" that Italian grain merchants invented in the Middle
Ages. As Lombardy merchants and bankers grew in wealth and credit
based on the strength of the Lombard plains cereal crops, many
displaced Jews fleeing Spanish persecution were attracted to the
trade. They brought with them ancient practices from the Middle
and Far East which had financed the trans-Asian silk routes. They
applied these methods to finance grain production and distribution.
In a time when substantial authority was derived from religion,
the Qur'an and the Christian Bible banned usury, or lending with
interest outright. Since the Christian Church prohibited usury
among Christians, this created a void in the economy.
Jewish moneylending was shaped
by the discriminatory conditions of medieval Europe.
Because Jews were barred from owning land or joining professional
guilds, they were frequently left with moneylending as one of
the few viable ways to earn a living. Jewish lenders were often
the only available source of credit, making them crucial for both
individuals and rulers in need of funds.
Jewish law does contain strict rules about usury. The Torah prohibits
Jews from charging interest to one another. However, it does allow
interest when lending to non-Jews. In their dealings with Christian
borrowers, Jewish moneylenders were allowed to charge interest.
Jewish moneylenders sometimes
extended loans to rulers or the aristocracy, who required large
sums for wars or governance. These loans, due to their size and
risk, demanded high interest rates.
The Jews first arrived in England
in the 11th century. Although the historical record is not clear,
Jews may have financed the 1066 Norman Conquest of England by
William the Conqueror (William I). For this support they were
richly rewarded by being allowed to practice usury under royal
protection.
The consequences for the English
people were disastrous. By charging rates of interest of 33% per
annum on lands mortgaged by nobles and 300% per annum on tools
of trade or chattels pledged by workmen, within two generations
one quarter of all English lands were in the hands of Jewish money
lenders. At his death in 1186, Aaron of Lincoln was declared to
be the richest man in England and it was estimated that his wealth
exceeded that of King Henry II.
By the beginning of the 13th
century many nobles were in danger of losing their lands through
usury and taxation.
In 1215 the nobles revolted and
forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, which established a
variety of constitutional and legal rights, but its principal
purpose was to cancel the bonds of the Jewish moneylenders and
to abolish usury and the privileged position of the Jews.
In 1233 and 1275 Statutes of
Jewry were passed which abolished all forms of usury. And a statute
was passed by King Edward in 1290 compelling the entire Jewish
population to leave England.
In 1492 in Spain, King Ferdinand
II and Queen Isabella I, issued a mandate that all Jews who refused
to convert to Christianity must leave the country. Subsequently,
large numbers of expelled Jews settled in Holland.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth
I (mid to late 16th century), small numbers of Spanish Jews, who
had converted to Christianity, were allowed to settle in London.
Following the death of Elizabeth
I, Oliver Cromwell led parliamentary forces in the English Civil
Wars. He was bankrolled by Jewish moneylenders in Amsterdam. As
a result, the Jews were allowed to immigrate back to England.
"Jews have been involved
in money lending for centuries, with evidence of Jewish money
lenders dating back to the 12th century in Europe.
In medieval England, Jewish money lenders were known for providing
loans to the nobility. Jewish money lenders played a crucial role
in the economy of medieval Europe, providing credit to merchants
and traders.
The rise of absolute monarchies in Central Europe brought numbers
of Jews into the position of negotiating loans for the various
courts. This gave rise to the phenomenon of Court Jews. Court
Jews played a crucial role in the financial affairs of the Holy
Roman Empire. They negotiated loans and provided financial services
to the monarchs and courts of the Empire.
The 19th century saw a significant rise in Jewish banking, particularly
with the emergence of the Rothschild family in Frankfurt. Nathan
Rothschild became the dominant figure in the London money market.
The majority of English financial dealings with the continent
went through the Rothschilds' offices."
Jews Money Lenders Through the
Centuries, Colleen Pouros, cgaa.org, Oct 9, 2025
"The Jews first arrived
in England in 1066 in the wake of William I's defeat of King Harold
II at Hastings on 14 October... Although the historical record
does not indicate whether they promoted the idea of a military
invasion of England, these Jews had at the very least financed
it. For this support they were richly rewarded by being allowed
to practise usury under royal protection.
The consequences for the English people were disastrous. By charging
rates of interest of 33% per annum on lands mortgaged by nobles
and 300% per annum on tools of trade or chattels pledged by workmen,
within two generations one quarter of all English lands were in
the hands of Jewish usurers.
In England in 1233 and 1275 Statutes of Jewry were passed which
abolished all forms of usury. As many of these Jews could no longer
earn a "living", a statute was passed by King Edward
on 18 July 1290 compelling the entire Jewish population of 16,511
to leave England forever; one of over 100 hundred expulsions which
have been recorded throughout European history.
During the 17th century large numbers of Jews, who had been expelled
from Spain in 1492 by Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of
Aragon on account of their persistent involvement in usury and
unethical business practices, had settled in Holland.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) small numbers
of Marranos-Spanish Jews, who had converted to Christianity, settled
in London. Many of them practised as goldsmiths, accepting deposits
of gold for safekeeping, and then issuing ten times the amount
of gold received as gold receipts, that is loans with interest.
These receipts, a forerunner of the fractional reserve system
of banking, were initially lent to the Crown or Treasury at 8%
per annum, but the interest rate increased to as much as 20% and
even 30 % per annum. The rate of interest merchants paid often
exceeded 33% per annum, even though the legal rate was only 6%
per annum. Workmen and poor people bore the brunt of these extortionate
rates of interest by having to pay 60%, 70% or even 80% per annum."
A History of Central Banking
and the Enslavement of Mankind, Stephen Mitford Goodson, 201
THE CITY
"The City of London,
a colossal political and financial organization known as "The
City," operates as a super-government of the world; no incident
occurs in any part of the world without its participation. Its
pretensions are supported in the United States by the secret International
Pilgrim Society, sponsor of the Cecil Rhodes "One World"
ideology which was launched about 1897.
A secret British "One World" order over the past century
decrees that it is necessary to limit the political and territorial
expansion of Russia, otherwise the victory over Germany will be
of no avail, will in fact substitute a far more dangerous and
potent challenge to British sovereignty.
The Bank of England was nationalized in about 1946. However this
did not change the ownership of assets deposited in the bank such
as the '" consorts" owned by the Rothschilds. These
bear interest at 12%, are transferred by inheritance only and
are not redeemable nor subject to tax. These are the profits from
the time of the Battle of Waterloo. The interest gleaned from
the consorts since 1808 is probably near the sum of 4 quadrillion
dollars.
The Bank of England is in effect a sovereign world power, for
this privately owned institution is not subject to regulation
or control in the slightest degree by the British Parliament.
This privately owned and controlled institution functions as the
great balance wheel of the credit of the world, able to expand
or contract credit at will; and is subject only to the orders
of the City, the City dominated by the fortune of the House of
Rothschild and the policies of the House of Rothschild."
"The Empire of the City
" a book by Edwin Charles Knuth, 1944
"When people hear of
'The Crown' they automatically think of the King or Queen [of
England]; when they hear of 'London' or 'The City' they instantly
think of the capital of England in which the monarch has his or
her official residence.
... When we speak of 'The City' we are in fact referring to a
privately owned Corporation - or Sovereign State - occupying an
irregular rectangle of 677 acres and located right in the heart
of the 610 square mile 'Greater London' area.
... The 'Crown' is a committee of twelve to fourteen men who rule
the independent sovereign state known as London or 'The City.'
'The City' is not part of England. It is not subject to the Sovereign.
It is not under the rule of the British parliament. Like the Vatican
in Rome, it is a separate, independent state. It is the Vatican
of the commercial world.
The City, which is often called "the wealthiest square mile
on earth," is ruled over by a Lord Mayor. Here are grouped
together Britain's great financial and commercial institutions:
Wealthy banks, dominated by the privately-owned (Rothschild controlled)
Bank of England.
Two separate empires were operating under the guise of the British
Empire. One was the Crown Empire and the other was the British
Empire.
All the colonial possessions that were white were under the Sovereign
- i.e. under the authority of the British government. Such nations
as the Union of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada
were governed under British law. These only represented thirteen
percent of the people who made up the inhabitants of the British
Empire.
All the other parts of the British Empire - nations like India,
Egypt, Bermuda, Malta, Cyprus and colonies in Central Africa,
Singapore, Hong Kong and Gibraltar (those areas inhabited by the
browns, yellows and blacks) were all Crown colonies. These were
not under British rule. The British parliament had no authority
over them. They were privately owned and ruled by a private club
in London, England, known as the Crown.
... The City reaped fantastic profits from its operations conducted
under the protection of the British armed forces. This wasn't
British commerce and British wealth. It was the Crown's commerce
and the Crown's wealth. The international bankers, prosperous
merchants and the British aristocracy who were part of the City
'machine' accumulated vast fortunes."
Descent Into Slavery? by Des
Griffin, 1980
"The world state is governed
by "The City" of London which operates as a super government
of the world and no incident occurs in any part of the world without
its participation in some form.
The grand plan of this 'one world' order decrees that it is necessary
to limit the political and territorial expansion of Russia promptly
and peremptorily."
"The Empire of the City
" a book by Edwin Charles Knuth, 1944
""The City of London"
refers to a specific section of the British capital city wherein
the major national and international banking houses are located.
The "City" is an area of some 677 acres which, although
part of metropolitan London, is not even under the jurisdiction
of the official police department of the actual geographic city
of London. Instead, it had its own private police force of some
2,000 men. Here, of course, is the headquarters of the Bank of
England which, like the Federal Reserve System in the United States,
is, despite its name, a privately-owned institution. In England,
the Bank of England is not even subject to regulation by the British
parliament and has always been therefore, for all intents and
purposes, a sovereign world power on its own. Within "The
City" are also located the stock exchange and other institutions
of global scope-all, of course, under the domination, if not the
direct control, of the Rothschild Empire. And this "City"
is, in fact, the public face of the heart of the Rothschild Dynasty,
if not worldwide, at least certainly inasmuch as it is the center
of what we commonly referred to as" The British Empire,"
for the truth is that the "British" Empire was no more
than the geographic base of the International Money Power: the
Rothschild Empire."
The New Babylon - Michael Collins
Piper, 2009
"The bulwark of the British
financial oligarchy lies in its ageless and self-perpetuating
nature, its long-range planning and prescience, its facility to
outwait and break the patience of its opponents. The transient
and temporal statesmen of Europe and particularly of Britain itself,
who have attempted to curb this monstrosity have all been defeated
by their limited tenure of confidence. Obligated to show action
and results in a too short span of years, they have been outwitted
and out waited, deluged with irritants and difficulties; eventually
obliged to temporize and retreat. There are few who have opposed
them in Britain and America, without coming to a disgraceful end,
but many, who served them well, have also profited well."
The Empire of the "City"
by E. C. Knuth, 2006, paperback [originally published in 1944]
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