The article examines the reception of the Epistola ad Ducissam Brabantiae, a moral-theological report on Jews, usury, and taxation written by Thomas Aquinas at the request of (probably) Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant († 1273) in the Six Books on General Christian Matters (Knížky šestery o obecných věcech křesťanských) by the Bohemian lay theologian and author of Czech religious and didactic treatises Thomas Štítný († before 1409). and Pavel Blažek.
This study examines the taxation policy of Maria Theresa as evidenced by the situation in Bohemia. A fundamental measure that opened the way for subsequent developments was the passing of the ten-year compact (or "Rezess", as it was known), by the Bohemian parliament in 1748. This law guaranteed a fixed total tax contribution (5,488,155 gulders, 58 crowns) in return for a guarantee that the empress would not demand extra levies, even in the event of war. With the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War, however, the situation changed and in 1756 demands were made for exceptional taxes, military recruits, loans to the state budget, etc. Meanwhile the guarantee of a fixed total tax under the ten-year compact continued to apply. The Treaty of Hubertusburg (1763) brought no relief, as Maria Theresa asked parliament to approve not only an extension of the compact for the following military year, but new exceptional taxes and the reimposition of certain existing indirect taxes. These obligations, together with an increased tax burden in rural communities, remained in place until 1775, when a new ten-year compact was negotiated that lasted until 1789., Jan Lhoták., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
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