A historical tax or tribute paid by common people on foot, as opposed to mounted nobility in medieval times.
From Old English 'fōt' (foot) + 'geld' (tax or payment), a medieval English compound describing class-based taxation systems.
Footgeld was a tax specifically on walking—authorities literally charged poor people for being pedestrians, an early form of taxation that reveals how deeply mobility shaped medieval social hierarchy.
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