Gabelle

Massive peasant revolt in Aquitaine, where they refused to pay the Gabelle, tax on salt.

1539 2001

The question of interference with the Salt Gabelle is assuming a serious aspect.

The Problem of China Bertrand Russell 1921

His parishioners collected stones to break it, saying it was the Gabelle.

Lady John Russell Ed 1910

The history of such an impost as the tax upon salt (Gabelle), and a bold outline of the random and incongruous fashions in which it was levied, were equivalent to a formal indictment.

Diderot and the Encyclopaedists Morley, John, 1838-1923 1905

Thomas du Bosc's attempt to levy the Gabelle, or tax upon salt, led once more to Royal intervention -- the King "put the communes under his hand" as the phrase went, until the quarrel had been settled.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

The _Gabelle_, which led to several rebellions, was not abolished until the Revolution (1790).

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

(_Gabelle_), and a bold outline of the random and incongruous fashions in which it was levied, were equivalent to a formal indictment.

Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) John Morley 1880

The Gabelle, or salt tax, was rigourously imposed to maintain the war, and the seignorial rights were harshly enforced.

A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871

Monsieur Gabelle was the Postmaster and some other taxing functionary, united; he had come out with great obsequiousness to assist at this examination, and had held the examined by the drapery of his arm in an official manner.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

What did all this portend, and what portended the swift hoisting-up of Monsieur Gabelle behind a servant on horse-back, and the conveying away of the said Gabelle

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864