Cło w czasach panowania Piastów

Abstract

Duty on goods is one of the oldest public taxes to be levied on Polish soil by ”state authorities”. The duty during the reign of the Piast served a purely fiscal purpose and provided reigning monarchs with a primary source of revenue. In the early Middle Ages it possessed the character of the duty charge we are all familiar with. Absorbed in the chambers of Customs (toll – may have been the name used) collection points were not only located at the country’s external borders, but also internally.