Project Gutenberg 2016-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 187 Morgan, Shepard Ashman Smith, Theodore Clarke 1870 1960 Smith, T. C. (Theodore Clarke) 11007249 The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England" by Shepard Ashman Morgan is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the evolution of taxation in England from the time of the Anglo-Saxons through key events such as the Norman Conquest, the establishment of Magna Carta, and the gradual shift toward parliamentary control over taxation. The book explores the changing dynamics of authority regarding tax implementation, focusing on the transition from royal edict to parliamentary approval. The opening of the text provides insights into the early concepts of taxation during the Saxon period, indicating that this system relied on voluntary contributions based on loyalty rather than imposed taxes. It highlights how the king, with the consent of assemblies like the Witenagemot, established early forms of revenue collection, including extraordinary levies like the Danegeld during foreign threats. As the narrative progresses, it suggests that taxation became a critical aspect of governance, setting the stage for the controversies and developments that ultimately contributed to the establishment of parliamentary taxation in the centuries to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Taxation -- Great Britain Taxation -- Great Britain -- History HJ Text Browsing: Economics Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) 585096 2025-06-21T08:50:20.393298 text/html 566134 2024-10-23T01:11:49 text/html 278077 2025-06-21T08:50:31.345711 application/epub+zip 276285 2025-06-21T08:50:22.529292 application/epub+zip 248939 2025-06-21T08:50:21.442267 application/epub+zip 447972 2025-06-21T08:50:37.324759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401174 2025-06-21T08:50:30.328772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374694 2022-09-24T06:25:46.219638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423723 2025-06-21T08:50:18.810288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 403650 2024-10-23T01:11:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17058 2025-06-21T08:50:37.502688 application/rdf+xml 16387 2025-06-21T08:50:21.612268 image/jpeg 2186 2025-06-21T08:50:21.532265 image/jpeg 240415 2025-06-21T08:50:20.454261 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog