Full Description
Although Portugal was one of the first European states with stable borders, the process of the making of a Portuguese fiscal state still remains to be studied in detail. This volume brings together studies on the development of the Portuguese fiscal state within a comparative perspective in relation to other kingdoms across Europe, such as Castile and Aragon, England, Tuscany, the Papal States, Holland and France, in order to bring Portugal into the broader and comparative international debate about the development of the fiscal state.
As a very distinctive case, Portugal remains understudied and underrepresented in the broader literature on the development of fiscal states. There are relatively few studies on the building of a fiscal state in Portugal that are accessible to an international audience. This book will make a fundamental contribution to this field, which is still full of untapped potential. It will combine the latest theory and comparative context with a detailed reconstruction of Portuguese state finance, taking a longer chronological frame that follows its development from the medieval through to the early modern period. It will also make the latest research from Portuguese scholars available to a wider, international audience, and will be of particular interest to researchers and students of financial and economic history.
Contents
Introduction.- Part I: Medieval and Early Modern Portuguese State Finances: sources and evidence.- Chapter 1:"The study of Medieval Fiscal History in Portugal: results and problems (1951-2020)".- Chapter 2: "The collection of annates in Portugal during the Papacy of Avignon, c. 1316-1378: just another case of apostolic tax-collecting in a realm at the back of beyond?".- Chapter 3: "Was the economy an Issue? Kings and economic legislation in Medieval Portugal, c. 1200-1400".- Chapter 4:"A difficult transition: Portuguese State finances between later medieval and early modern times, c. 1430-1530".- Chapter 5:"Taxes and fiscal institutions in a maritime empire: a comparative view of overseas' territories under the Portuguese Crown".- Part I afterword.- Part II: The development of state finance: Portugal in European context.- Introduction.- Chapter 1:"The "resource curse" of medieval English state finances, c. 1155-1453".- Chapter 2:"Tax histories in the Kingdom of France (12th to 15th centuries): policies, rules and practices".- Chapter 3:"Tradition and innovation in late medieval and early modern (Northern) Italy".- Chapter 4:"A Treasury in transition: changes and continuity in the management of Castilian State income and expenditure during the reign of Isabella I, c. 1474-1504.- Chapter 5:"The Public debt in the Crown of Aragon at the end of the Middle Ages: A particular case?".- Chapter 6:Low Countries) - "Why Holland had a financial revolution, but Flanders and Brabant did not".- Chapter 7:"Financial policy and fiscal control of the Papal States territory in Early Modern Age".- Part II afterword.
