gabelle

Japanese: gabelle
gabelle

…It was already practiced in ancient Greece (Troy, Thrace, etc.), and a salt monopoly was established in the Roman Republic. In the Middle Ages and early modern period, the French gabelle was famous. At first, lords and kings collected salt on their own territories based on their sovereignty, but in the mid-14th century, mainly due to the need to raise funds for war, collection based on royal authority began, and the system was established with the Salt Tax Royal Decree (1680) of Louis XIV. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…すでに古代ギリシア(トロイア,トラキアなど)で行われており,共和政下のローマでは塩専売制がとられていた。中・近世ではフランスのガベルgabelleが有名である。はじめは領主や国王が自己の領地で領主権にもとづいて徴収していたが,14世紀半ばに主として戦費調達の必要から王権にもとづく徴収が開始され,ルイ14世の塩税王令(1680)によって制度的確立をみた。…

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