La aportación eclesiástica a las rentas de la Corona: subsidio y excusado en el arzobispado de Sevilla durante el reinado de Felipe II

Abstract

In this essay, we will research about the ecclesiastical contributions, specifically subsidy and excusado, in the Seville’s archbishopric during the reign of philip II. Both taxes began to collect with philip II, consolidating a large tradition of ecclesiastical levies belonging to the State, which had started during the Middle Ages and finished with the fall of the Ancien Regime. Our purpose in this article will be to expose how the Seville’s archbishopric established that economic contribution, what was the tax burden, how was carried out the collection, who agents participated in the process and what debts paid the Crown due to these taxes.

Keywords

• Subsidy; Excusado; taxation; Seville’s Archbishopric; Philip II