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Le Bureau des finances de la généralité de Lyon. XVIe-XVIIIe siècle

Aspects institutionnels et politiques

The Bureau des Finances, Lyons Administrative District. 16th to 18th Century. Institutional and Political Aspects

La Oficina de Finanzas de la Generalidad de Lyon, ss. XVI-XVIII. Aspectos institucionales y políticos

Manage the King’s coffers – such was the prestigious and arduous mission assigned the Lyons Bureau des Finances regional financial administration in the Lyons administrative district, one of the foremost in the kingdom, if not in size, at least in population density. Taxation, royal property and highways comprised the activities of this college of magistrates who were ridiculed, feared, envied and oft-closed, but always reopened. The notions of public finance control and budget and account...


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  • Publisher : Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de la France
  • Series : Histoire économique et financière - Ancien Régime
  • Place of publication : Vincennes
  • Year of publication : 2010
  • Published on OpenEdition Books : 15 février 2013
  • EAN (Print version) : 978-2-11-097510-2
  • Electronic EAN : 978-2-8218-2840-7
  • DOI : 10.4000/books.igpde.1439
  • Number of pages : 665 p.

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