Imperial Tax (HRR)

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In the context of the Holy Roman Empire, the term imperial tax refers to a tax to be paid to the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It can be seen as the predecessor of today's federal tax.

In contrast to the sovereign taxes, which gained in importance in the course of the early modern period , the emperor was only able to enforce a few taxes at the imperial level, as this required the approval of the imperial estates assembled at the court (from 1495 on the Reichstag ) .

The imperial tax register from 1241 provides important information about the organization of royal territory and imperial property in the Hohenstaufen period.

Individual taxes of the empire

The most important imperial taxes were:

as extraordinary taxes, as well

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