The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England — Shepard Ashman Morgan
The Langenderfer Library: Classics in Tax, Economics, and AccountingShow Notes
How did Parliament win control over taxation—and how did that struggle reshape English constitutional government? Shepard Ashman Morgan traces parliamentary taxation from medieval levies through the conflicts that established the principle that public revenue requires political consent.
Following customs, subsidies, property taxes, royal prerogative, and disputes between Crown and Parliament, Morgan shows how fiscal demands became catalysts for institutional change. The history connects taxation to representation, accountability, war, and the emergence of parliamentary supremacy, offering a foundational account of the constitutional maxim that taxation and consent must go together.
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