Tax Policy of Gondor

[Aldarion]

Tax Policy of Gondor

As can be seen from military organization, Gondor is in fact a centralized monarchy in the vein of Byzantine Empire. It remained a fairly centralized monarchy, with not a trace of feudalism to be s…

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As can be seen from military organization, Gondor is in fact a centralized monarchy in the vein of Byzantine Empire. It remained a fairly centralized monarchy, with not a trace of feudalism to be seen. History is also similar: where Arnor fell apart into multiple kingdoms (echoing both barbarization of Western Roman Empire, and later division of Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms), Gondor endured. Much like Byzantium, part of reason for its endurance was that it was much less exposed: whereas Arnor had no major physical barriers between its core lands and Angmar, Gondor's core lands were protected from Mordor by Anduin, and from wild men by the White Mountains. Similarly, Eastern Empire had its core lands protected by the Danube, Black Sea, and Taurus / Antitaurus ranges; and while Danube ultimately proved permeable, Bosphorus protected Anatolia.

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[ATP]

Tax Policy of Gondor

As can be seen from military organization, Gondor is in fact a centralized monarchy in the vein of Byzantine Empire. It remained a fairly centralized monarchy, with not a trace of feudalism to be s…

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As can be seen from military organization, Gondor is in fact a centralized monarchy in the vein of Byzantine Empire. It remained a fairly centralized monarchy, with not a trace of feudalism to be seen. History is also similar: where Arnor fell apart into multiple kingdoms (echoing both barbarization of Western Roman Empire, and later division of Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms), Gondor endured. Much like Byzantium, part of reason for its endurance was that it was much less exposed: whereas Arnor had no major physical barriers between its core lands and Angmar, Gondor's core lands were protected from Mordor by Anduin, and from wild men by the White Mountains. Similarly, Eastern Empire had its core lands protected by the Danube, Black Sea, and Taurus / Antitaurus ranges; and while Danube ultimately proved permeable, Bosphorus protected Anatolia.

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Plausible,but - we would never knew,since Tolkien simply do not wrote about that.
And,there was other rulers except Prince of Dol Amroth.
But,i agree that there was no feudalism.

Maybe something like Poland after 1047,where every noble get land from ruler,and was responsible only to him?

 

[Aldarion]

Plausible,but - we would never knew,since Tolkien simply do not wrote about that.
And,there was other rulers except Prince of Dol Amroth.
But,i agree that there was no feudalism.

Maybe something like Poland after 1047,where every noble get land from ruler,and was responsible only to him?

That is basically what I concluded.

And what I like about Tolkien is that he doesn't give too much description, so understanding his world is basically a kind of archaeological research.

 

[Agent23]

That is basically what I concluded.

And what I like about Tolkien is that he doesn't give too much description, so understanding his world is basically a kind of archaeological research.

LotR was supposed to be the "fanfic" version of the lost pre-Saxon/pre-Norman English folklore.
So, maybe you should start with whatever they had back then?

IIRC I read somewhere that one reason William the Conqueror conquered them was because they had an actually better and working tax system.

Also, dis an indirect diss for the Fatso with the riverboat cap?

I APPROVE WHOLEHEARTED!

 

[Aldarion]

Also, dis an indirect diss for the Fatso with the riverboat cap?

I APPROVE WHOLEHEARTED!

Yep!

Still waiting for the Mr.Beardy to describe his world's tax policy...

 

[Agent23]

Yep!

Still waiting for the Mr.Beardy to describe his world's tax policy...

Don't hold your breath, when he is not busy playing cameo roles in b-list pulp comedies, larping as a riverboat captain, acting all important on the internet and at cons, and whining about politics or buying another life-sized Robbie replica for the money you'd be able to use to build several nice houses, he is occupied with the imports t work of tangling plotlines further and adding new and irrelevant characters.

 

[ATP]

Don't hold your breath, when he is not busy playing cameo roles in b-list pulp comedies, larping as a riverboat captain, acting all important on the internet and at cons, and whining about politics or buying another life-sized Robbie replica for the money you'd be able to use to build several nice houses, he is occupied with the imports t work of tangling plotlines further and adding new and irrelevant characters.

irrelevant? how dare you say so! they are relevant,til they lost their plotschield and die horribly!

 

[Husky_Khan]

Hey-oh!

Look what I found!

Really In Deep Geek we're going here!



Glorious!

 

[Poe]

LotR was supposed to be the "fanfic" version of the lost pre-Saxon/pre-Norman English folklore.
So, maybe you should start with whatever they had back then?

IIRC I read somewhere that one reason William the Conqueror conquered them was because they had an actually better and working tax system.

Also, dis an indirect diss for the Fatso with the riverboat cap?

I APPROVE WHOLEHEARTED!

Yes England had the largest tax base in Europe mostly due to them having to pay the Vikings to not kill them. When you have to pay an increasingly high ransom every year you devise ways to create an extremely efficient tax system and your people are more understanding about it all.