Talk:Ransom of King John II of France

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[edit] Serious revisions needed

• "Thornton", "Paine", "Wake", "Matthew" and "Weiner" are cited as sources, but no clarification is given as to who they are, or what the actual source is.
• This article is written like a highschool history paper.
• This article is written from a personally invested tone of one accusing the French for their treatment of the Jews.
• This article reads like a story, not an article about a historical event.

The whole article might need to be re-written and sourced, in my opinion. Nswinton 19:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• "a ₤700,000 ransom (today $1,228,366.50 USD)" ₤700,000 (today) is worth about $1,228,366.50 USD (today), but not when converting it from 1359 AD to 2007 AD. ₤700,000 in 1359 would be a huge amount of money, and worth well over $1,228,366.50 USD by todays standards--Drummerdean01 05:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)