Talk:Taxation in medieval England

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Did you know... that in 1194, one of the taxes in medieval England imposed a 25% tax on all personal property and income?

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Germany

I've been trying to work it out, but can't. The line "King Richard I who was captive in Germany" stikes me an anachronistic. Surely it was the Holy Roman Empire, not Germany? I'm trying to work out which constituent kingdom/duchy it would've been where Richard was held. Can anyone advise? --Jza84 | Talk 00:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, sorta. Germany is just about as accurate, although "germanies" would be close enough. If you wanna rephrase somehow, that's fine. He was first captured by ... Austria? I think... then transfered to the custody of the HREmperor, although ... they aren't really the HRE then either... German Emperor is a term often used at the time. It's all very ... imprecise, quite honestly. You could say "held for ransom by Henry VI" also. As our Holy Roman Emperor article says, it's not a contemporary term, and more modern historians generally have a trend towards not using the HRE in this context. Chibnall, in Empress Matilda calls Henry V, 'king of Germany', and refers to Germany as the region. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This makes sense yes. I was thinking more precision would generally help laymen and laywomen, and cause the least amount of upset. Using Wikipedia only, I can semi-deduce that he was held in Dürnstein Castle (so the Duchy of Austria and then Trifels Castle (Upper Burgundy? though I'm not as confident on that one). Using Germany just makes me picture confused readers down the line, so any alternative would be a stronger option (IMHO). --Jza84 | Talk 01:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That'll require a fuller better citation then, since the source being used there just basically says "Richard's ransom" and I've added on the "when he was help captive in Germany" as a "common knowledge" bit, but getting more specific will require a source for that information. If I was feeling a great pressing need to expand this article, I'd do that, but right now... (To do this topic well, would require about 5 times the information in it, it's basically just a start on the topic, one I don't really have a lot of interest in.) (And I'm certainly not editing at the moment with the weird UI issues... yikes!) Ealdgyth - Talk 01:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Recommended literature

Good article, though a bit thin on the late middle ages. I can recommend:

Johnson, C., ‘The collectors of lay taxes’, in W. A. Morris, and J. R. Strayer (eds.), The English Government at Work, 1327-1336 (Cambridge, Mass, 1947).
Mitchell, S.K., Taxation in Medieval England (New Haven, 1951).
Jewell, H.M., English Local Administration in the Middle Ages (Newton Abbot, 1972).
Harriss, G.L., King, Parliament and Public Finance in Medieval England to 1369 (Oxford, 1975).
Brown, A.L., The Governance of Late Medieval England 1272-1461 (London, 1989). Lampman (talk) 08:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have most of those, but this isn't an article I really plan on expanding much. I wrote it mainly because folks wanted more and more background on the FAC for Carucage and this was a way to avoid over stuffing the article. Feel free to add to the article! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]