Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France Marine Insurance, War and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV

• Main Author: Wade, Lewis (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Woodbridge Boydell & Brewer 2023
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Economic history; Louis XIV; Jean-Baptiste Colbert; Marquis de Seignelay; French Atlantic empire; maritime insurance; Aceré des Forges; Louis-Augustin Boiteux; Henri Desanteul; Economy of the French Empire; French economic history; absolutism; Age of absolutism; Guidon de la mer; Jean-Baptiste de Lagny; Ordonnance de la marine; merchant court of Paris; Parisian admiralty court; Royal Insurance Chamber; sea loans
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This book closely analyses the rise and fall of Louis XIV's marine insurance institutions in Paris, which were central to the French monarchy's efforts to stimulate commerce, colonial enterprise and economic growth. These institutions were the projects of two leading ministers, Jean-Baptis...