The lay subsidies and the distribution of wealth in medieval England, 1275-1334
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3397641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Nightingale (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-32 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0013-0017.2004.00271.x |
| OpenAlex | W3121560720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article examines the evidence that between 1275 and 1334 the lay subsidies provide a yardstick with which to measure the English economy. It compares their evidence with the chronological and geographical pattern of wealth obtainable from the Statute Merchant records of debt and concludes that the main discrepancies can be explained by the progressive exclusion from the tax valuations of wool, coin, and credit. Accordingly, from c. 1300 the lay subsidies cannot be used as a guide to the distribution of wealth in England and they can offer only a limited comparison with the wealth revealed by the Tudor subsidies
Debt · Distribution (mathematics) · Distribution of wealth · Economics · Economy · Inequality · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Statute · Subsidy · Yardstick · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |