...in which I share some of my favorite medieval research resources and methods for the benefit of others interested in also writing about the Middle Ages

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Medieval word of the day


Tallage – one of the fees owed by villeins to their lords; basically a land tax, sometimes a fixed amount, sometimes determined “at will” by the lord of the manor


(a medieval villein paying taxes, or tallage, to his lord)


1 comment:

Erik Von Norden said...

"Nothing is certain but death and taxes." - Ben Franklin.