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Warhammer Fantasy Battle has a faction called Bretonnia roughly based off of Arthurian legend and medieval France. In it, nobles take 90% of the peasants production as tax. What were the highest tax rates of peasants in the medieval period in France? Elsewhere? How did these rates shape the economy?

by /u/sircumlocution in /r/AskHistorians

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