Levied on an individual's total income (common in northern France).
It began in the Middle Ages as a payment from peasants to their lords in exchange for protection. By 1439, during the Hundred Years' War, King Charles VII made it a permanent royal tax to fund a standing army. Taille
The tax was deeply unpopular because it fell almost entirely on the Third Estate (peasants and commoners). The First Estate (clergy) and Second Estate (nobility) were largely exempt. Types of Taille: Levied on an individual's total income (common in
Levied on the value of land ownership (common in southern France). during the Hundred Years' War