History A-Level
Taxation and royal finance
What Taxation and royal finance means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Taxation and royal finance
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The king levied the geld, a land tax, and customs dues to fund the state.
Topics that use Taxation and royal finance
- Late Anglo- Saxon England, c1053–66 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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