Römer Monat
The Roman Month (German ''Römer Monat'', Plural, pl. ''Römer Monate'', Abbreviated, abbr. RM) was a basic unit of imperial taxation in the Holy Roman Empire, initially worth around 128,000 Rhenish guilders when the underlying tax was created in 1521 by the emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, equivalent to a month's wages for around 4,202 cavalry and 20,063 infantrymen. It gained this title due to its initial purpose of providing for one month's escort for the King of the Romans' trip to Rome to be Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope (the ''Italienzug''), though it was rarely, if ever, used for this purpose. The tax was collected through a system that reflected the divided, corporate nature of the Holy Roman Empire. Though the local territorial powers recognized the need for a common purse to protect and preserve the Empire, they were simultaneously unwilling to surrender power to the Emperor. Thus, instead of a direct tax col ...
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