Private ambition and political alliances : the Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain family and Louis XIV's government, 1650-1715 /

Private ambition and political alliances : the Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain family and Louis XIV's government, 1650-1715 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chapman, Sara E., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2004.
Series:Changing perspectives on early modern Europe, 1
Subjects:
Pontchartrain, Louis Phélypeaux, > comte de, > 1643-1727.
Pontchartrain, Jérôme Phélypeaux, > comte de, > 1674-1747.
Statesmen > France > Biography.
Patron and client > France > History > 16th century.
Patron and client > France > History > 17th century.
Patronage, Political > France > History > 16th century.
Patronage, Political > France > History > 17th century.
France > Court and courtiers > Biography.
France > Politics and government > 1643-1715.
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of the Pontchartrains' patron-client
  • From Brittany to Versailles : building clienteles and cultivating clients
  • Louis de Pontchartrain as controller general of finances and the institutions of royal finances
  • The controller general and informal networks of political power
  • The Pontchartrains as secretaries : secretary of state for the navy and colonies
  • Louis de Pontchartrain as chancellor, 1699-1714.

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