Template:Did you know nominations/Benevolence (tax)
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:16, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Benevolence (tax)
- ... that, though they had been outlawed seven years earlier, in 1491 King Henry VII of England extracted £48,000 worth of "loving contributions" from his subjects? Chronology: "Benevolence". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.); Numbers: Virgoe, R. (January 1989). "The Benevolence of 1481". The English Historical Review. 104 (410), p. 38
- ALT1:... that, despite the name, voluntary contributions have been described as "doubtless difficult, if not virtually impossible" to avoid? Source: Chrimes, S. B. (1972). Henry VII. University of California Press. p. 202
Created by Tenpop421 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:44, 24 March 2020 (UTC).
Article is long enough (15762 chars), just new enough (created on 17 March, nominated on 24 March), and article is within policy- Hooks are short enough, interesting, and in the article. I added ALT0 explicitly into the article, as before it was based on the dates
- QPQ done
Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:51, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
