Darnell Maritime Power and the Power of Money in Louis XIV’s France

Private Finance, the Contractor State, and the French Navy
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-78744-838-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

A detailed analysis of the limitations of the system which relied on intermediaries and private suppliers to finance, build and maintain the French navy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darnell, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction

PART I: THE STRATEGIC AND FISCAL CONTEXT
Introduction
1. French Naval Policy in the Nine Years' War
2. The Spanish Succession and the Shift in French Naval Strategy
3. Revenue-Raising and Credit Operations under Louis XIV

PART II: THE FINANCING OF NAVAL EXPENDITURE
Introduction
4. The Navy's Fiscal Intermediaries
5. The Costs, Risks, and Rewards of Office

PART III: PAYMASTER ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE
Introduction
6. Accounting Regulations and Financial Reporting Structures in the Navy
7. Financial Intelligence Gathering in War
8. Private Interest, Misappropriation, and Fraud in the Naval Treasury

PART IV: THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NAVAL TREASURY
Introduction
9. Organisational Expedients and Securing Access to Credit, 1628-1688
10. Reforms and the Fiscal Challenges of War, 1688-1701

PART V: FISCAL OVEREXTENSION AND OPERATIONAL PARALYSIS IN THE ERA OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
Introduction
11. Funding Shortfalls and Financial Pressures, 1701-1707
12. The Collapse of French Naval Power, 1707-1709

Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Darnell Benjamin:
Benjamin Darnell completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford. He has previously contributed to Strategy and the Sea (Boydell Press, 2016).Benjamin Darnell completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford.