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Cło w czasach panowania Piastów
Duty during the reign of the Piast

Author(s): Adam Drozdek
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Middle Ages, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: duty; public tribute; the Middle Ages

Summary/Abstract: Duty on goods is one of the oldest public taxes to be levied on Polish soil by ”state authorities”. The duty during the reign of the Piast served a purely fiscal purpose and provided reigning monarchs with a primary source of revenue. In the early Middle Ages it possessed the character of the duty charge we are all familiar with. Absorbed in the chambers of Customs (toll – may have been the name used) collection points were not only located at the country’s external borders, but also internally.

  • Issue Year: 15/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-47
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish