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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF THE MEDIEVAL PAPACY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT LITERATURE. SUMMARY. I. Literature. Character previous to the opening of the Vatican Archives, 251.--Notable recent works, 254.--II. Administration. Development of a financial department, 260.--Central organization, 263.--External agents, 267.--III. Revenues. Classification, 273.-- Census, 275.--Income taxes, 280.--Benefice taxes, 282.--Fees and miscellaneous receipts, 292. I. Literature. The wide influence exerted by the papacy on the political, social, and economic life of the middle ages gives to the study of the papal financial system a peculiar importance. Drawing its revenues from the whole Roman Catholic world, the relations of the Holy See with the sovereigns and peoples of Europe were affected in no small degree by its fiscal policy. In such well-known episodes of papal history as the struggle between Boniface VIII. and Philip the Fair, typical of the long contest between the mediaeval ideal and the reality of the growing national monarchy, the part played by finance became prominent. But on many less dramatic occasions its influence has been no less potent. In its more purely economic aspects p^pal finance is equally deserving of attention. The papacy not only organized one of the earliest and best of the mediaeval financial systems, but by means of its operations influenced profoundly the general economic development of Europe. Altho accused of hindering commercial and financial activities by its prohibition of interest,1 the Roman Church, nevertheless, with an almos't modern system of taxation 1 Such accusations are noted by Ashley, An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory (New York, 1893), Part II., p. 396. covering all Western Europe, furnished one of the principal for...
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