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Mapping the Grandes Gabelles in Early Modern France

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  • Eva Davoine

    (UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California)

  • Joseph Enguehard

    (CERGIC - Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon, UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna, Departement des sciences statistiques "Paolo Fortunati" - UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna, ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon)

  • Victor Gay

    (IAST - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Igor Kolesnikov

    (UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California)

Abstract

The gabelle salt tax system was a cornerstone of the fiscal apparatus of the early modern French state. This article introduces a novel historical geographic information system (GIS) of this institution's spatial organization as of the seventeenth century, drawing on an original 1665 manuscript map collection: Sanson's Atlas des gabelles. Beyond presenting the dataset and documenting its construction methodology, we provide a detailed account of the functioning of the gabelle, situate the French case in comparative perspective, and illustrate how the availability of this fine-grained dataset expands the possibilities of empirical research in economic history, historical demography, and historical political economy of early modern France.

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  • Eva Davoine & Joseph Enguehard & Victor Gay & Igor Kolesnikov, 2026. "Mapping the Grandes Gabelles in Early Modern France," Working Papers hal-05509773, HAL.
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