What's that tax called...?

[the Jester]

You know, the one that a medieval noble would pay in place of sending soldiers to his liege?

Thanks!

 

[D'karr]

You know, the one that a medieval noble would pay in place of sending soldiers to his liege?

Thanks!

AMT, Alternative Military Tax...

 

[Ambrus]

Scuttage.

 

[VirgilCaine]

Scutage?

/Britain to 1688, right here.
/Damn and blast, beaten to the click!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Scutage?

/Britain to 1688, right here.
/Damn and blast, beaten to the click!

Heh, same here. I've been going page by page in Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe in making my new campaign, and figuring out whether or not the local baron pays scutage or serves four months of the year away from home is on my plate in the near future.

 

[the Jester]

Ahh, thanks- that's what I thought, but when I went to google it I had the spelling wrong and got nothin' like what I expected.

 

[Len]

I had the spelling wrong and got nothin' like what I expected.

But you spent an hour looking at it, right?

 

[Agback]

You know, the one that a medieval noble would pay in place of sending soldiers to his liege?

"Scutage", or "shield-money".

 

[Sanackranib]

its basically a "head tax" YOU PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE gotta love that . . .