The Appalt was involved in the leasing of state revenue, legal monopolies, crown lands, Droit de régale and indirectly charges of any kind in Habsburg Austria during the Baroque period. The Appalt is thus closely related to the financial politics of Mercantilism.[1]
This type of concession was later renewed, later known as the Afterappalt.[2]
The word has an Italian origin, where appalto means 'assignment', 'job posting' and 'concession'.
References
- ^ Heinrich Ritter von Srbik, Der staatliche Exporthandel Österreichs von Leopold I. bis Maria Theresia, Braumüller, Wien 1907, S. XXXf.
- ^ Franz Fischer, Die blauen Sensen: Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte der Sensenschmiedezunft zu Kirchdorf-Micheldorf bis zur Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts, Diss. Univ. Innsbruck 1962, und Forschungen zur Geschichte Oberösterreichs Bd. 9, Böhlau, Wien 1966, S. 172