Gabelle

The term Gabelle or Gabella ( from medieval Latin gabulum ) was originally used in France for taxes on any kind of goods. As gabella emigrationis she was a departure money that was previously paid by an emigrant for the battered assets. The gabella hereditatis was the tax that was payable on a going abroad inheritance or gift.

However, the limited Gabelle gradually to a salt tax. Over time, the salt tax was one of the most hated and distributed on unequal taxes in the country, but even though all reformers they disapproved, it was only abolished on March 21, 1790 by a decree of the Assemblée Constituent Assembly.

First levied as a stopgap during the reign of Philip IV in 1286, it was made by Charles V to a permanent tax. The government undertook any single person over eight years, a week to buy a minimum amount of salt at a fixed price; Thus, the control worked as a state monopoly. When was first introduced gabelle, it was all the provinces of France imposed uniformly, but for the longer part of their history they varied in different provinces, which can be classified into five groups:

The producers had to reduce their salt to the Grenier à sel supply (salt chambers since 1342 ), which were set up in each province; Non-compliance threatened confiscation. The salt chamber sat the fixed price they paid for the salt, and then sold it at a higher price to the retailers.