PRIVILEGE, ECONOMY AND STATE IN OLD REGIME FRANCE : marine insurance, war and the atlantic empire... under louis xiv.
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| Language: | English |
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BOYDELL PRESS,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- Part 1 INSURANCE, PRIVILEGE AND COMMERCIAL POLICY
- 1 THE ROYAL INSURANCE CHAMBER AND COLBERTIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY, 1664-83
- 2 THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND PRIVILEGE IN POST-COLBERTIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY, 1683-c. 1700
- 3 'OVER THIRTY LEAGUES FROM THE SEA': PARIS, INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES AND STATE INTERVENTION
- Part 2 WAR, MARITIME COMMERCE AND EMPIRE
- 4 UNDERWRITING IN WAR AND PEACE: FORTUNE AND FAILURE IN THE ROYAL INSURANCE CHAMBER, 1668-72
- 5 IN THE ABSENCE OF THE STATE: THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, THE ATLANTIC EMPIRE AND NEUTRAL SHIPPING, 1686-98
- Part 3 LAW, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
- 6 'IN THE TIME OF THE ORDONNANCE': INSURANCE, LAW AND MARITIME JURISDICTION
- 7 'IMPAVIDUM FERIENT': REPUTATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND STATE PROPAGANDA IN THE ROYAL INSURANCE CHAMBER, 1668-86
- 8 'NEC HOSTES NEC MARE TERRENT': REPUTATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PRIVILEGE IN THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 1686-1701
- CONCLUSION: PRIVILEGE AT A PREMIUM
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX