Taxes and Agrarian Life in Early Modern France
Land Sales, 1550–1730
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10102502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip T Hoffman (California Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-55 |
| Publication date | 1986-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700045496 |
| OpenAlex | W2122451942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 19 |
Between 1550 and 1730, privileged investors in France—nobles, officers, and wealthy merchants—bought up enormous quantities of land from peasants. The transfer of property has attracted considerable attention from historians, but it has never been satisfactorily explained. The paper invokes the tax exemptions the privileged enjoyed to account for the transfer—an explanation that fits both the chronology of the land sales and the identity of the purchasers. The paper then examines how the tax system throttled growth in the agricultural sector
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2021 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |