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Taxes were raised only by the king.

The Church levied a tithe, meaning a tenth of food produce from all farming workers, a tenth of all production from craftsmen, a tenth of all wine production, a tenth of the hay harvest, a tenth of slaughtered meat and so on - but exactly what was tithable varied from place to place.

This was the only way that the Church could support its own huge infrastructure and represented its main income throughout Europe.

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