Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France : The Trial of Nicolas Fouquet /

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From 1661 to 1664, France was mesmerized by the arrest and trial of Nicolas Fouquet, the country's superintendent of finance. Prosecuted on trumped-up charges of embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, and high treason, Fouquet managed to exonerate himself from all of the major charges over the c...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Pitts, Vincent J. (Vincent Joseph), 1947- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715.
Fouquet, Nicolas, > 1615-1680.
Fouquet, Nicolas, > 1615-1680 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Treason)
Trials (Embezzlement)
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Proces (Trahison) > France.
Proces (Abus de confiance) > France.
Trials (Treason) > France.
Trials (Embezzlement) > France.
France.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The long reach
  • The superintendent at work
  • Fall of a Titan
  • Setting the stage and writing the script
  • The best laid plans of men and ministers
  • To do justice without consideration of fortune or self-interest
  • A performance beyond comparison
  • The honor of conscience of judges
  • Aftermath: the price of honor and conscience.

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