He was the syndic of the lessees of the royal salt marshes of Peccais, an integral part of the gabelle. |
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The high rate and unequal distribution of the gabelle provoked widespread contraband dealing in salt by smugglers. |
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This hated tax became the instigation for a huge black market trade, because the gabelle was not the same throughout the country. |
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He granted several privileges to Brittany, such as exemption from the gabelle, a tax on salt which was very unpopular in France. |
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French finances during the war were mainly financed by the increase in the taille tax, as well as indirect taxes like the gabelle and customs fees. |
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One of the most notorious taxes in the whole of history was the Gabelle of salt. |
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