Portugal in a European Context

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Book Series

Editors: Dominguez, Rodrigo da Costa; Andrade, Amélia Aguiar

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06227-8

ISBN: 978-3-031-06226-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2023

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Fiscal Tradition and Innovation in Italy, 1350–1650

Pezzolo, Luciano

Pages: 201 –218

[The chapter deals with some aspects of taxation in Italian territorial states: the status of taxpayers, the role of competing powers (Church and feudatories) and the attempt to establish a progressive system of taxation. As for taxpayers, the division between urban inhabitants and peasants was...
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A Treasury in Transition: Changes and Continuity in the Management of Castilian State Finances During the Reign of Isabella I (1474–1504)

Ortego Rico, Pablo

Pages: 219 –245

[The evolution of the Royal Treasury during the reign of Isabella I (1474–1504) is an increasingly well-known field of study, as a result of the historiography dedicated to the state-building process in the Crown of Castile during the transition from medieval times to the early modern period....
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Public Debt in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon: A(Nother) Financial Revolution?

Reixach Sala, Albert; Verdés Pijuan, Pere

Pages: 247 –277

[The main objective of this chapter is to place the complex phenomenon of public debt in the Crown of Aragon at the end of the Middle Ages within the general historiographic context. The origins and development of public debt have aroused enormous interest during the last decades among...
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Why Holland Had a Financial Revolution, but Flanders and Brabant Did not

Hart, Marjolein ’t

Pages: 279 –298

[This chapter explains the evolution of Holland’s exceptional state finances by way of a comparison with the contrasting path-dependent developments in sixteenth-century Flanders and Brabant. It starts by describing the various starting positions within the respective provincial estates, in which...
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Public Finance and Fiscal Policy. The Papal States in Early Modern Age

Caselli, Fausto Piola

Pages: 299 –324

[In 1559, after a long period of warfare, Italy was divided into many states, which were often dominated by foreign powers. Only Piedmont had been able to keep its full autonomy. In its turn, the central government of the Papal States was continuously engaged in a delicate balancing game with the...
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Portugal and the Europe: Similarities, Bridges and Potential Avenues to Explore in Future Works on Comparative Fiscal History

Dominguez, Rodrigo da Costa; Andrade, Amélia Aguiar

Pages: 325 –331

[The afterword provides an overview of the development of Portuguese state finances, linking this back to theories discussed in the literature review, and comparing and contrasting the Portuguese experience with the above case studies.]

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