Taille

タイユ／ taille　—　Institutions

A permanent direct tax to maintain a standing army. The nobility and clergy were exempt.

Écu d'or à la couronne (crowned gold écu) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

A permanent direct tax of the French monarchy. It was levied to maintain a standing army, and the nobility and clergy were exempt. Throughout the 16th century, the amount of the tax increased approximately eightfold.

⚠ The line of exemption was the line of social status. It was a tax where who did not pay revealed who was powerful.