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The diezmo y media ("tenth and a half") or diezmo de lo morisco ("Moorish tenth") applied to trade with the Emirate of Granada. The diezmos de la mar ("tenths of the sea") applied to maritime trade between Galicia and northern Europe. The term was also applied at times to other taxes such as the diezmo de aceite ("tenth of oil"). [2]
In Spain, the quinto real on mining of precious metals was codified by the edict of February 1504 and (with occasional exceptional grants) remained in force through all the Spanish empire until the 18th century. In 1723, it was reduced to a diezmo (10%) and in 1777 it was reduced further to 3%, with an additional duty of 2% if shipped to Spain. [3]
Décima, the one-tenth tithe in Spain that is traditionally donated to a religious institution, the tithe itself called diezmo in Spanish; Dejima, a foreign trading post off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan, during the 16th to 19th century; SB Decima, a Thames barge built in 1899
Casa de los Diezmos, Canillas de Aceituno, Málaga, Spain Main article: Diezmo Both the tithe ( diezmo ), a levy of 10 per cent on all agricultural production, and "first fruits" ( primicias ), an additional harvest levy, were collected in Spain throughout the medieval and early modern periods for the support of local Catholic parishes.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain.Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid (Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id]), and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Champion").
The alcabala was the most important royal tax imposed by the Spanish crown, first imposed in 1342. [11] The other tax of comparable importance was the diezmo, a tithe for the support of the Catholic Church, a substantial portion of which went to the Crown by virtue of agreements with the Holy See.
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The Diezmo stream bisects the town. [4] It also maintains many of its colonial era monumental constructions. The largest of these is the San Mateo monastery complex, which includes a church dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi (Third Order). The monastery was constructed in the 16th century and was the main religious center for the region until ...