Urban finance and municipal government in English Tudor cities (using the example of Worcester)
One of the important problems for the English cities of the Tudor era was the managementt of finances. The main income was from real estate, which was supplemented by duties and fines. Fees of city officials, utilities, and hospitality accounted for three-quarters of all Worcester’s urban...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Saratov State University
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: История. Международные отношения |
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| Online Access: | https://imo.sgu.ru/sites/imo.sgu.ru/files/text-pdf/2023/06/istoriya_2023_2-226-231.pdf |
| Summary: | One of the important problems for the English cities of the Tudor era was the managementt of finances. The main income was from real estate, which was supplemented by duties and fines. Fees of city officials, utilities, and hospitality accounted for three-quarters of all Worcester’s urban spending. The main problem was inflation and relatively stable income from urban property, which forced municipal authorities to look for new ways to solve financial problems. However, these new measures could not solve the problem of financial property deficit by the end of the reign of Elizabeth I. |
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| ISSN: | 1819-4907 2542-1913 |