Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhat's "email"?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageWhat's "email"?sh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·5 days agoIn the middle ages you didn’t file taxes. You paid whatever your lord’s tax man said you owe when he showed up at your door with his goons. And the amount he demanded might not be related in any way to the king’s or even your lord’s laws.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoNope. Whatwasitsname, that piece of wood with ridges for control, which was also at the same time for bookkeeping. Was a clever system.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYes, exactly, thanks! There was a docu a few sundays ago.
In the middle ages you didn’t file taxes.
You paid whatever your lord’s tax man said you owe when he showed up at your door with his goons.
And the amount he demanded might not be related in any way to the king’s or even your lord’s laws.
Nope. Whatwasitsname, that piece of wood with ridges for control, which was also at the same time for bookkeeping. Was a clever system.
Tally sticks, I believe.
Yes, exactly, thanks! There was a docu a few sundays ago.