| 单词 | roman month |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman month Roman month n. now historical a quantity of tribute or tax paid to the Holy Roman Emperor by constituent states. [After German Römermonat (1641; < Römer inhabitant or citizen of Rome (see rummer n.) + Monat month n.1). The tax (earlier called Römerzug (1563)) was so called because it was originally an amount of money paid in lieu of sending troops to Rome to accompany the King of the Holy Roman Empire to his coronation as Emperor, which was deemed to take a certain number of months.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [noun] > specific heregeld1018 Danegeld1086 Dane-money1570 Roman month1670 1670 London Gaz. No. 525/2 The Contribution of the Empire, called the Roman Months, is not yet resolved. 1702 J. Savage Antient & Present State Germany 71 I should now..give an Account of the Circles in Detail, and what they Contribute to the ordinary and extraordinary Taxes to the Empire, either by the Roman Month, or for the Entertainment of [etc.]. 1790 J. Dornford tr. J. S. Pütter Hist. Devel. German Empire I. v. x. 507 Every State must pay so many times twelve or four florins for a Roman month, according to his rate of horse or foot soldiers in the Matricula of the Empire. 1831 Encycl. Americana V. 449/1 A Roman month, for the whole empire, consisted of 20,000 infantry and 4000 cavalry, which amounted to the sum of 128,000 florins. 1995 T. A. Brady Protestant Politics 228 The matricular levy,..granted in multiples called ‘Roman months’, and assessed on the estates according to registers (Reichsmatrikeln). < as lemmas |
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