华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2007, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 10-15.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2007.01.003

• 中西中古赋税理论比较研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

试析中世纪英国税收理论*

施诚   

  1. 首都师范大学 历史系, 北京 100037
  • 收稿日期:2006-10-17 出版日期:2007-02-25 发布日期:2007-01-29
  • 作者简介:施诚(1964—), 男, 江西吉水人, 首都师范大学历史系副教授, 历史学博士

An Analysis of Taxation Theory in Medieval England

Cheng SHI   

  1. Department of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China)
  • Received:2006-10-17 Online:2007-02-25 Published:2007-01-29

摘要:

在封君封臣制度下, 中世纪英国国王具有全国最高封君和国君的双重身份。作为最高封建主, 国王应该“靠自己过活”, 即以来自王领的“正常收入”维持王室生活和日常行政开支, 但是经常入不敷出。于是国王以国君身份, 以“共同利益”和“共同需要”为由, 向全国臣民征收动产税———特别收入, 以满足日益增长的行政和军事开支。议会通过充当“共同利益”的判断者取得批税权, 推动了中世纪英国宪政的发展。

关键词: 中世纪, 英国, 税收, 理论

Abstract:

Influenced by the lord-vassal system, a king of medieval England had dual identities: supreme lord and monarch.As a supreme lord, the king should"live on his own, "that is, he should live on his ordinary income derived from crown lands.But the ordinary income was often hard to sufficiently satisfy his needs.Hence, the king levied personal taxes on his subjects on the pretence of "common good"and "common need"so as to meet with ever increasing administrative and military expenditures.The Parliament seized the power to authorize moveable taxes by acting as the judge of "common good", thus facilitating the constitutional development of medieval England.

Key words: Middle Ages, England, taxation, theory

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