The politics of fiscal protest in early modern Italy with an emphasis on the duchy of Milan

Cohn, S. (2023) The politics of fiscal protest in early modern Italy with an emphasis on the duchy of Milan. Histoire Urbaine, 67(3), pp. 29-44. (doi: 10.3917/rhu.067.0031)

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Abstract

The paper establishes that the Italian Wars, 1494-1559, provoked a sharp rise in the frequency and significance of popular protest yet to be recognised by historians. A large component of that rise were fiscal revolts against taxes imposed by new occupying armies and foreign monarchical powers across the Italian peninsula. The reasons for revolt, however, rarely derived from hardship or the economic oppression per se. Rather, the type of fiscal demands – unfair and unequal regressive taxes – were principally the ones to provoke the revolts. Moreover, these revolts quickly widened from economic matters of meeting fiscal demands to protests for representation and against inequality. The tax revolts became political revolts.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Cohn, Professor Samuel
Authors: Cohn, S.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
Journal Name:Histoire Urbaine
Publisher:Société française d'histoire urbaine
ISSN:1628-0482
ISSN (Online):2101-003X
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