The politics of fiscal privilege in Provence, 1530s -1830s / Rafe Blaufarb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blaufarb, Rafe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--Law and legislation--France--Provence--History.

Taxation.

Tax exemption--Law and legislation--France--Provence--History.

Tax exemption.

Tax administration and procedure--France--Provence--History.

Tax administration and procedure.

Privileges and immunities--France--Provence.

Privileges and immunities.

Provence (France)--Politics and government.

Provence (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rafe Blaufarb examines the interwoven problems of taxation and social privilege in this treatment of the contention over fiscal privilege between the seigneurial nobility and the tax-payers of Provence.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables

Preface

Introduction

1. Origins of the Procès des Tailles

2. Conflict over Compensation, 1556-1702

3. Compensation, 1702-89

4. The Biens Aliénés avec Franchisedes Tailles

5. The Crisis of 1787-89

6. Dismantling the Old Regime in Provence

7. The Afterlife of the Procès des Tailles

Conclusion

Appendix

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-286) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1951-5

OCLC:

813928737