Disputes between the municipality of Králové Hradec and the city council in the years 1534-1537

In 1534, King Ferdinand submitted to the Czech Diet a request for the authorization of a new sales tax on sales and purchases, which mainly affected cities. However, such resistance arose against this tax that he had to stop collecting it after a year. In Hradec Králové, the resistance against the new tax even took on the character of a rebellion. The village rebelled against the city council, which wanted to start collecting the tax. The opposition tried…