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hearth tax

property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth (thus by proxy on each family unit)
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hearth tax

Summary

hearth tax ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hearth tax is a type of property tax[2].
  • hearth tax is a type of census[3].
  • hearth tax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hearth tax[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include property tax[2] and census[3].

Why It Matters

hearth tax ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hearth-tax_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hearth tax}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hearth-tax}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → property tax, census
    Topic's main category → Category:Hearth tax
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553138005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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