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<blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 7810814" data-attributes="member: 21169"><p>Finance:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The attempt to raise funds was central to every crusader’s preparations… If a crusader had any savings then he would use them, but chivalric society was not generally renowned for thrift… Another obvious response was to call in debts owed to the crusader before departure…</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">It was exploitation of rights and material assets that from the beginning provided the surest means of raising liquid cash in sufficient quantities. First, there was sale of produce, stock, and chattels; timber, in particular, was a commodity often sold to raise money quickly. One of Earl Richard of Cornwall’s first actions on taking the cross in 1236 was to cut down and sell his woods, while Alphonse of Poitiers is known to have raised a considerable sum from timber sales for his second crusade in 1270. Lords might also enfranchise their serfs in return for cash, as the measures of Alphonse of Poitiers again illustrate, or sell rights and privileges to townsmen living under their jurisdiction. In one instance, in March–April 1202, Count Hugh of St-Pol established three, perhaps four, urban communes within his lands to raise money towards his participation in the Fourth Crusade.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The first compulsory tax precisely tied to a specific crusading expedition was the famous Saladin Tithe (1188), to help finance the Third Crusade. It was… a tenth for one year of the value of income and movables of all subjects, lay and ecclesiastical, excepting crusaders who would receive the tithes of their non-crusading vassals.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">- The Oxford History of the Crusades</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">In 1189–90, Richard I of England (1189–99)... indulged in an orgy of asset-stripping, selling offices, titles, property and rights. An experienced general, Richard recognised the huge expense of war and the especially great costs of crusading. Government receipts for 1190, at over £30,000, showed a 50 per cent increase on normal revenue in the 1180s, excluding income from the Saladin Tithe, which a contemporary optimistically believed may have reached upwards of £60,000; and other extraordinary levies, such as that on the Jews, which may have brought in a further £10,000. Even so, equipping and manning Richard’s crusade fleet of about one hundred vessels of various sizes alone may have cost almost £9,000 just for the first year’s wages, a further £5,700 for hiring ships and thousands more on equipment (from horses to siege engines) and food (bacon, cheese as well as grain for biscuits).</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">- The World of the Crusades</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug McCrae, post: 7810814, member: 21169"] Finance: [INDENT]The attempt to raise funds was central to every crusader’s preparations… If a crusader had any savings then he would use them, but chivalric society was not generally renowned for thrift… Another obvious response was to call in debts owed to the crusader before departure…[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]It was exploitation of rights and material assets that from the beginning provided the surest means of raising liquid cash in sufficient quantities. First, there was sale of produce, stock, and chattels; timber, in particular, was a commodity often sold to raise money quickly. One of Earl Richard of Cornwall’s first actions on taking the cross in 1236 was to cut down and sell his woods, while Alphonse of Poitiers is known to have raised a considerable sum from timber sales for his second crusade in 1270. Lords might also enfranchise their serfs in return for cash, as the measures of Alphonse of Poitiers again illustrate, or sell rights and privileges to townsmen living under their jurisdiction. In one instance, in March–April 1202, Count Hugh of St-Pol established three, perhaps four, urban communes within his lands to raise money towards his participation in the Fourth Crusade.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]The first compulsory tax precisely tied to a specific crusading expedition was the famous Saladin Tithe (1188), to help finance the Third Crusade. It was… a tenth for one year of the value of income and movables of all subjects, lay and ecclesiastical, excepting crusaders who would receive the tithes of their non-crusading vassals.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]- The Oxford History of the Crusades[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]In 1189–90, Richard I of England (1189–99)... indulged in an orgy of asset-stripping, selling offices, titles, property and rights. An experienced general, Richard recognised the huge expense of war and the especially great costs of crusading. Government receipts for 1190, at over £30,000, showed a 50 per cent increase on normal revenue in the 1180s, excluding income from the Saladin Tithe, which a contemporary optimistically believed may have reached upwards of £60,000; and other extraordinary levies, such as that on the Jews, which may have brought in a further £10,000. Even so, equipping and manning Richard’s crusade fleet of about one hundred vessels of various sizes alone may have cost almost £9,000 just for the first year’s wages, a further £5,700 for hiring ships and thousands more on equipment (from horses to siege engines) and food (bacon, cheese as well as grain for biscuits).[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]- The World of the Crusades[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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