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Book SynopsisIn this volume an international team of scholars builds up a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal history of Europe over six centuries. It forms a fundamental starting-point for an understanding of the distinctiveness of the emerging European states, and highlights the issue of fiscal power as an essential prerequisite for the development of the modern state.
Trade Reviewthe fifteen contributors have published much in their fields, and their collective scholarly authority lends value to this book. It deserves, indeed, the approbation of the European Union, and the Presses universitaires de France might proudly and promptly publish it in French * American Historical Review (Oct 2000) *
By covering such an extended range of 'states' this volume presents a unique guide to national fiscal institutions and a basis for comparing their different character and evolution. * G. L. Harris, EHR *
The overall organisation and breadth of this collection on Europes fiscal history are as impressive as the authors credentials ... this is a fine book. * A.Barrett, Choice, July/Aug 00, Vol.37, No.11/12. *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. England in the Middle Ages ; 2. England 1485-1815 ; 3. France in the Middle Ages ; 4. France 1494-1815 ; 5. Castile in the Middle Ages ; 6. Castile 1516-1808 ; 7. The Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages ; 8. The Low Countries to 1569 ; 9. The United Provinces 1579-1806 ; 10. The Swiss Confederation ; 11. The Papacy and the Papal States ; 12. Venice ; 13. The Italian States after c.1600 ; 14. Poland-Lithuania before Partition ; 15. Russia 1200-1815 ; Index
