What is it about?

This article is a comparative analysis of the tax systems of Portugal and Castile during the War of the Castilian Succession (1475-1479). This allows us to understand not only the evolution of this conflict, but also how both states developed at the end of the Middle Ages.

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Why is it important?

This article is a comparative study that allows us to understand the evolution of the kingdoms of Portugal and Castile at the end of the Middle Ages

Perspectives

This work aims to be the first step in a series of comparative analyses of the Portuguese and Spanish financial systems in the period between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Jose Manuel Triano
Universidad de Malaga

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This page is a summary of: The price of the throne. Public finances in Portugal and Castile and the War of the Castilian Succession (1475–9), Journal of Medieval History, December 2022, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03044181.2022.2155988.
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