AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
1.05 The Assembly of Rebels
French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)
Farmer Generals - The Scourge of France
Farmer generals collected between a third and half of the state's revenue in september 17 54. They sent their unfortunate debtors to prison, to the galleys, to the hangman's court. This relentless form of tax collection was enforced by the farmer generals for various indirect taxes on goods like salt, tobacco, soap, wine, playing cards. Of the 75 thousand tons of goods exported from paris and its surrounds, none of it went to southern france.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode