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 Fr...

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Main Author: McCollim, Gary B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2012.
Series:Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe, 15.
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