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"Beginning in the 12th century, taxation increasingly became an essential component of medieval society in most part of Europe. The state building process, relations between princes and their subject cities or between citizens and their rulers, were deeply shaped by fiscal practices. Although medieval taxation has produced many publications over the past decades there remains no synthesis of this important subject. This volume provides a comprehensive overview on a European scale and suggests new paths of inquiry. It examines the fiscal systems and practices of medieval Europe, including essential themes such as medieval fiscal theory and the power to tax; royal, seigneurial and urban taxation; and Church taxation. It goes on to survey the entire European continent, as well as including comparative chapters on the non-European medieval world, exploring questions on how taxation developed and functioned; what kinds of problems authorities encountered assessing their fiscal power; and the circulation of fiscal cultures and practices across cities and kingdoms. The book also provides a glossary of the most important types of medieval taxes, giving an essential definition of key terms cited in the chapters. The Routledge Handbook of Taxation in Medieval Europe will appeal to a large audience, from seasoned scholars who need a comprehensive synthesis, to students and younger scholars in search of an overview of this critical subject"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- 1 General Introduction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part I Medieval Taxation -- 2 History of Taxation in Medieval Europe: Sources, Historiography and Methods -- Source Materials, Their Contributions and Limitations -- Normative Sources -- Tax Documents -- Accounting Documents -- Indirect and Complementary Tax Sources -- The Materiality of Sources and a New "Documentary Landscape" -- Historiographic Milestones -- Towards a History of Taxation Until the 1980s -- The Institutional Approach -- The Economic and Social Approach -- The Financial and Technical Approach -- The Turn of the Late Twentieth Century and New Historiographic Trends -- Taxation and the Genesis of the Modern State -- The "New Fiscal History" -- An Alternative Tax Theory Approach -- New Paradigms, New Research -- The Main Focal Points of Tax History: Continuity and Changes -- The Power to Tax: Legitimacy, Consent and Resistance -- Financial Policies and Strategies: Modalities and Stakes of the Tax Grab -- Tax Officials and Finance Men: Tax Administration and Management -- State and Municipal Taxation -- Tax Revenues and Tax Burden: Classical and News Methods -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Right to Tax and Its Justifications -- The Prince Must "Live Off His Own" -- Living Within One's Means -- Demonstrating the Virtue of the Prince -- Finding the Means to Pursue One's Ars Gubernandi -- The Nature of the Debates: Challenges to Taxation -- The Scholastic Form of Inquiry Into Taxes -- Enablers to Thinking About Taxation: Providence, Treasury and Necessity -- The Dissemination of Fiscal Theory -- Taxation Practices (Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries) -- Fiscal Dialogue: Negotiating Taxation -- Opposition to Taxation -- From a Tax for War to a Tax for Peace.