Question

Q 2. The word livres stands for:
(a) unit of currency in France
(b) tax levied by the Church
(c) tax to be paid directly to the state
(d) none of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

The livre (French for "pound") was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor state of West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins. Hope this answer is helpful to you .

Explanation:

Doing honour to its name, the new currency earns the reputation of unalterability, crossing almost unchanged the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire, the great invasions and the creation of Germanic kingdoms throughout Europe; not only was it issued in the Byzantine empire until the 11th century under the name of nomisma, but the solidus was imitated by the barbarian kings, particularly the Merovingians, albeit most often in the form of a "third of a sou" (tremissis).

Gros from Saint Louis worth 1 sou tournois

1791, 30 sols depicting Louis XVI

The last "sou" : 1939, French five centimes (actual ⌀: 19 mm)

Facing a shortage of gold, a new "stabilization" (as devaluations are often called) was introduced by Charlemagne: from then on the solidus no longer represents 1/12 of the Roman gold pound but 1/20 of the Carolingian silver pound instead. The sou itself is divided into 12 denarii and one denarius is worth 10 asses. But for rare exceptions (saint Louis' "gros"), the denarius will in practice be the only ones in circulation.[1]

Charlemagne's general principle of 12 denarii worth one sol and of twenty sols worth one pound is kept with many variants according to the alloy used and the dual metal gold:silver sometimes used for some issues. In fact, only members of the money changers corporation could find their way among the equivalences and the many currencies used in Europe at each period, and therefore were unavoidable for many commercial operations.

Answer 2

The word is the unit of currency in France

• The term stands for a pound.
• It is the official currency of the country France.
• Charlemagne introduced it as a unit of measurement equivalent to one pound of silver.
• From the time period 781 to 1794, it typically served as the official unit of exchange.
• It was a unit of exchange for both the Kingdom of France and West Francia.
• Thus, it represented the word for coins and unit of account.

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