THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE PRESERVATION OF WALLACHIA'S FISCAL POTENTIAL (1730-1774)

Damian Panaitescu
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Damian Panaitescu: University of Bucharest

Revista Economica, 2014, vol. 66, issue 6, 59-76

Abstract: In this paper I analyze the way in which the Porte viewed and put into practice the principle of protecting the tax-paying subjects and, therefore, the fiscal potential of Wallachia in the eighteenth century. The Porte was directly involved in protecting and confirming not only its direct resources, like tribute and provisions, but also the ones entrusted to Wallachian princes, like salt mines, customs and taxes paid by neighbors for pasturing their livestock in Wallachia. The principle of protecting the wealth of the state was imposed also as the duty of the appointed princes, who risked losing their position if they disturbed the fiscal system, by oppression and heavy taxation. These aspects reveal the intensification of the actions undertaken by the Porte in 18th century to control the periphery.

Keywords: Ottoman Empire; Wallachia; center/periphery; fiscal potential; protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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