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Book: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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  1. Barbara W. Tuchman _ A Distant Mirror: The

    In the woe of the century no factor caused more trouble than the persistent lag between the growth of the state and the means of state financing. While centralized government was developing, taxation was still encased in the concept that taxes represented an emergency measure requiring consent.
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