Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages

Update: 2025-10-06

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During the Middle Ages, taxation was considered to be appropriate only as an extreme measure in times of emergency, and as a last resort. Kings were expected to subsist on revenues from their own private property.

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Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages