Louis XIV's Assault on Privilege : Nicolas Desmaretz and the Tax on Wealth.
McCollim's book is a study of one of the most important finance ministers of the Bourbon monarchy, Nicolas Desmaretz, who introduced one of the most radical financial measures ever taken by the Bourbon monarchy: the 'dixième', a tax on income that revolutionized the relationship of F...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer Ltd.,
2012.
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Colección: | Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe, 15.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Fiscal System under Louis XIV; Table 1.1; Table 1.2; Table 1.3; 2 The Rise of the Administrative Monarchy; Figure 2.1; Table 2.1; Table 2.2; Table 2.3; 3 Nicolas Desmaretz and Company; Figure 3.1; 4 Handling Ideas for Reform; 5 The Establishment of the Dixième; 6 After the Dixième; Table 6.1; Conclusion; Appendixes; 1 The Conseil d'en haut, or the Council of Ministers; 2 Members of the Royal Council of Finances under Louis XIV; 3 Controllers General, Directors, and Intendants of Finances.
- 4 Glossary of TermsNotes; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.