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Taxes in the Feudal Period

Taxes in the Feudal Period. Microsoft clip art. Paying Taxes. Taxes were most commonly paid in a form of a promised service or in goods, rather than in money.  For example, serfs could pay their taxes by offering clothes, food and other necessities for the soldiers in the troops of lord.

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Taxes in the Feudal Period

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  1. Taxes in the Feudal Period Microsoft clip art

  2. Paying Taxes Taxes were most commonly paid in a form of a promised service or in goods, rather than in money.  For example, serfs could pay their taxes by offering clothes, food and other necessities for the soldiers in the troops of lord.

  3. Church Taxes The tithe was a religious tax paid to the Catholic Church. A tithe was one-tenth of your total yearly income ($) or output (goods made or harvested), to be paid to your local church.   In return for their tax money, people received the way to everlasting life and happiness. By paying money, they were taught that they could get rid of their sins.Because their lives were often short and difficult, this was important.

  4. The Domesday Book one of Medieval England's greatest treasures from approximately 1085 William I (aka “the Conqueror”) ordered that a book be made containing information on who owned what throughout the country. This book told him how much each person owed him in tax; because the information was on record, nobody could dispute or argue against a tax demand.

  5. The Domesday Book it got it’s name because it brought doom and gloom to the people of England the survey (done to create the book) was considered so thorough that one Englishman wrote, “there was not a single piece of land, not even an ox, cow or pig which escaped the notice of the survey”.

  6. Currency In the Middle Ages, currency was in the form of metal coins. These coins came in varying qualities and weights. Small silver coins or penny (also known as pfennig or denarius) were the most commonly used coins. Rich people of medieval period also used pounds, schillings and pence.

  7. Sources *Please note that this Power Point is a combination of research from the following two sources. It is in the authors’ words, not my own. Newman, Simon. "Money in the Middle Ages." The Finer Times: War, Crime and History Resource. N.p., 2013. Web. 07 Feb. 2013. <http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/money-in-the-middle-ages.html>. Trueman, Chris. "Domesday Book." Domesday Book. History Learning Site, 2013. Web. 07 Feb. 2013. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/domesday.htm>.

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