Note 62 — Chapter VI · FERDINAND AND ISABELLA (continued 2)
Reading edition
[The alcavala or alcabala was a tax of one-tenth on all sales. Thus bread was thrice taxed, as wheat, then as flour, and finally as bread.]
Reading edition
[The alcavala or alcabala was a tax of one-tenth on all sales. Thus bread was thrice taxed, as wheat, then as flour, and finally as bread.]