By means of a draft on the receiver of taxes and the gabelle officer of the town, two hundred golden saluts were paid for it. |
The Latin form of the word is gabellum, and the French gabelle. |
This hated tax became the instigation for a huge black market trade, because the gabelle was not the same throughout the country. |
These imposts and that of the gabelle were henceforth permanent. |
The gabelle, which led to several rebellions, was not abolished until the Revolution. |
He granted several privileges to Brittany, such as exemption from the gabelle, a tax on salt which was very unpopular in France. |