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In the Capitulary de Villis, article 44, it says that two-thirds of the food products other than meat are are to be sent each year for royal use. Is this just a rule for the realms of stewards, or general law? Was this kind of large tax burden normal, and if so, what was done with all that food?

by /u/Capcombric in /r/AskHistorians

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