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Author:   Albert N. Hamscher
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   University of Delaware Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 28.80cm
Weight:   1.538kg
ISBN:  

9781611493740

ISBN 10:   1611493749
Pages:   556
Publication Date:   13 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Charts Acknowledgments Money-Distance-Weight Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: The French Monarchy and Criminal Frais de Justice : General Considerations 1. The Concept of Grand Criminel 2. The Royal Courts and Criminal Frais de Justice 3. The Division of Financial Responsibility 4. Lines of Administrative Authority and Royal Financial Accounts Chapter Two: The Establishment of Colbert's System, Mid-1660s--Early 1670s 1. The Royal Domain: Preliminary Observations 2. The Context of Judicial Reform 3. Colbert's System Chapter Three: The Implementation of Colbert's System, 1670-1683 1. Problems 2. Colbert's Response 3. The View from the Parlement of Paris Chapter Four: The Financial Records, Mid-1680s-1789 1. The Elements of a New System 2. Interpreting Financial Documents Chapter Five: Inside the Numbers, Mid-1680s--1789 1. Regional Diversity 2. Trends and Patterns of Expenditure Chapter Six: Challenges and Refinements, Mid 1680s--Mid-1740s 1. The System Under Stress 2. Positive Developments 3. Increased Expenditure 4. Work on a General Statute 5. Orry and Reform Chapter Seven: Maturity, Mid-1730s-1789 1. Orry's Legacy 2. Matters of Administration 3. New Financial Commitments and Traditional Restraints on Spending 4. Spending Rises Chapter Eight: A Shared Financial Responsibility, 1670s-1789 1. Private Individuals, Public Authorities 2. Recovery Rolls Final Thoughts Appendix Bibliography Index

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During the last century and one-half of its existence, the Old Regime French monarchy struggled from one fiscal crisis to the next, and financial considerations often dictated state policy in key ways. Funding issues even shaped judicial policy, sometimes mandating the categories of crime that could be prosecuted at crown expense. Thus, this study of the financing of royal justice, the result of extensive research by one of the foremost scholars of the administration and judiciary of the Old Regime, represents a signal contribution to our understanding of the monarchy. Indeed, the author's meticulous examination of the financing of royal justice will prove invaluable to all students of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France. -- -- Julius R. Ruff, Professor and Acting Chairman, Department of History, Marquette University Albert Hamscher's impressive study of the 'costs of justice' for criminal cases prosecuted at royal expense in early modern France stands securely on his astute tracking of the combined daily practices of key institutions--judicial, administrative, and financial--that were engaged in the complex system. -- -- Sarah Hanley, University of Iowa

This detailed, chronologically wide-ranging study provides an unusual and valuable anatomizing of the neglected 'underside' of Ancien Re'gime French administration. ... Hamscher's study is remarkable for the depth and detail of its research, with material collated from thirty-five departmental archives as well as Paris collections... An Appendix provides comprehensive detail of this combination of general patterns and regional variations. This is an extraordinary piece of sustained research into the workings of a hitherto unexplored aspect of the Ancien Re'gimes. French Studies [T]here are innumerable fresh insights and discussions throughout the volume to engage students of other aspects of pre-revolutionary France. It should find a place in every library claiming to offer adequate coverage of the topic. European History Quarterly During the last century and one-half of its existence, the Old Regime French monarchy struggled from one fiscal crisis to the next, and financial considerations often dictated state policy in key ways. Funding issues even shaped judicial policy, sometimes mandating the categories of crime that could be prosecuted at crown expense. Thus, this study of the financing of royal justice, the result of extensive research by one of the foremost scholars of the administration and judiciary of the Old Regime, represents a signal contribution to our understanding of the monarchy. Indeed, the author's meticulous examination of the financing of royal justice will prove invaluable to all students of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France. -- Julius R. Ruff, Professor and Acting Chairman, Department of History, Marquette University Albert Hamscher's impressive study of the 'costs of justice' for criminal cases prosecuted at royal expense in early modern France stands securely on his astute tracking of the combined daily practices of key institutions-judicial, administrative, and financial-that were engaged in the complex system. -- Sarah Hanley, University of Iowa

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Albert N. Hamscher is Kenneth S. Davis Professor of History at Kansas State University.

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