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SUMMARY:The value of goods and value of people. Assessing urban fiscal pol
 icies in late medieval Italy - Marta Gravela (University of Turin)
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DESCRIPTION:The financial needs of late medieval Italian cities prompted t
 heir governments to impose\, alongside indirect charges\, direct taxes upo
 n property. Proportional division of tax burdens thus required the registr
 ation and evaluation of the citizens' possessions in appropriate books cal
 led 'estimi'. To what extent did this estimation match actual wealth? By c
 omparing various fiscal systems\, I will argue that the evaluation of good
 s was the result of a complex assessment of the social value of citizens r
 ather than a merely economic appraisal of property.
LOCATION:Walters Room\, Selwyn College
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