La monarquia francesa y los financieros en el Antiguo Régimen. El ejemplo de los traitants durante la Guerra de los Nueve Años, 1689-1697 = The French Monarchy and the financiers during the Old Regime. The case of the traitants during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697

Félix, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-7164 (2015) La monarquia francesa y los financieros en el Antiguo Régimen. El ejemplo de los traitants durante la Guerra de los Nueve Años, 1689-1697 = The French Monarchy and the financiers during the Old Regime. The case of the traitants during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697. Tiempos Modernos: Revista Electrónica de Historia Moderna, 8 (30). ISSN 1699-7778

Abstract/Summary

This article explores the relationship between the Crown, the French society and the king's financiers. It starts with a brief review of the discourses on the financiers and a survey of the work done by historians. Further to a description of the various groups of financiers, it analyses the nature of the contracts passed between the king and the traitants to pay for the Nine Years War, as well as the latter’s activities and profits. The article argues that the government supervised effectively the traitants and that, given the constraints of the Old Regime, these financiers provided essential services, but too costly to be sustainable.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/40629
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Centre for Economic History Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > History
Uncontrolled Keywords	France, Old Regime, Financiers, Traitants, Nine Years War.
Publisher	Tiempos Modernos
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