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- [1581]-1638 (Vervaardig)
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1 volume containing 88 leaves
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Biografie
Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully (1560-1641) was a French statesman, who acted as director of the king's Council of Finance in 1596, and sole superintendent of finances, 1598.
The Thirty Years War was a series of wars fought by various European nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe.
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This manuscript was part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 2662.
GB 0096 MS 33 [1581]-1638 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 88 leaves Unknown
Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully (1560-1641) was a French statesman, who acted as director of the king's Council of Finance in 1596, and sole superintendent of finances, 1598.
The Thirty Years War was a series of wars fought by various European nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe.
This manuscript was part of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) as MS 2662.
Bought from Bertram Dobell in 1908 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.
Volume mainly containing treatises on French financial administration, [1581-1610], namely a report by Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, Director of the Council of Finance, on the finances of France, [1607]; a paper on the Estates General of France, [1583]; a history of royal taxation in France up to the reign of King Henry III, ending with a statement of the revenue in 1581, [1581-1589]; and a paper giving instructions on the powers and authority of the officers of the French Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts), [1589-1610]. The manuscript also contains papers relating to diplomatic negotiations during the Thirty Years War, comprising a speech on a peace assembly at Cologne, Italy, [1636], and a letter from the Swedish Chancellor Count Axel Greve Oxenstierna to the English Ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, on the alliance between England and Sweden, 1638.
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French
Manuscript folio. Bound in vellum.
Collection level description.
The treatise on the Estat General may also be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ref: MSS fr 4014 ff 43-81 and 11165 ff 1-30).
Sully's treatise of [1607] formed the basis of the Traicté du revenu et despense des finances (1614), and is discussed in Roger Doucet 'Les finances de la France en 1614', Revue d'Histoire Économique et Sociale, XVIII (1930). The text of the history of royal taxation was incorporated in Sully's treatise of [1608] printed in Économies royales, ed Joseph François Michaud and Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (1837).
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Jun 2000 Béthune , Maximilien de , 1560-1641 , Duc de Sully , French statesman x Rosny , Marquis de x Bethune , Maximilien de Cologne Diplomacy England Europe Finance Fiscal policy Foreign relations France Germany International conflicts International relations Italy Northern Europe Oxenstierna , Axel Greve , 1583-1654 , Count , Swedish diplomat Public finance Roe , Sir , Thomas , ? 1581-1644 , Knight , English diplomat and author Sweden Taxation Thirty Years War (1618-1648) UK War Western Europe Wars (events) London
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Bought from Bertram Dobell in 1908 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.
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Volume mainly containing treatises on French financial administration, [1581-1610], namely a report by Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, Director of the Council of Finance, on the finances of France, [1607]; a paper on the Estates General of France, [1583]; a history of royal taxation in France up to the reign of King Henry III, ending with a statement of the revenue in 1581, [1581-1589]; and a paper giving instructions on the powers and authority of the officers of the French Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts), [1589-1610]. The manuscript also contains papers relating to diplomatic negotiations during the Thirty Years War, comprising a speech on a peace assembly at Cologne, Italy, [1636], and a letter from the Swedish Chancellor Count Axel Greve Oxenstierna to the English Ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, on the alliance between England and Sweden, 1638.
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- Engels
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- Latijn
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French
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The treatise on the Estat General may also be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ref: MSS fr 4014 ff 43-81 and 11165 ff 1-30).
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ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).
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- Engels