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The burden of complexity : Dealing with measurement and taxation in the Sound Toll registers – a response to Yrjö Kaukiainen
Scheltjens, Werner (2024): The burden of complexity : Dealing with measurement and taxation in the Sound Toll registers – a response to Yrjö Kaukiainen, in: Bamberg: Otto-Friedrich-Universität, S. 333–341.
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2024
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International Journal of Maritime History, 36 (2024), 2, S. 333-341. - ISSN: 2052-7756
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2024
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English
Abstract:
This paper replies to a research note outlining a method for the conversion of weights and measures in the Danish Sound Toll registers. Whereas Yrjö Kaukiainen argues that the use of values for Danish units of measurement is sufficient, Werner Scheltjens highlights the complexity of pre-modern weights and measures, and raises concerns about the simplification of the measurement and taxation procedures at the customs office in the Danish Sound.
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Dänemark
Seehandel
Zoll
Regoiter
Maße
Gewichte
Geschichte 1497-1857
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Historical metrology
methodology
Sound Toll registers
weights and measures
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July 22, 2024
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https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/96549