The Spanish Monarchy and Financier Fraud During the Early Eighteenth Century: A Morality of Favours and Negotiation

Anne Dubet ()
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Anne Dubet: University of Auvergne

Chapter Chapter 4 in The War Within, 2018, pp 71-97 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Spain, in the first part of the eighteenth century, there was scarcely any change in the definition of corruption and the giving of gifts and favours was still considered acceptable. The policy which the monarchy adopted towards the great financiers did not involve putting an end to such favours, but consisted rather of providing the king and his ministers with the necessary instruments to control the nature of these favours, how and to whom they were distributed and the effects they had. This is the context into which the creation of the General Treasury and of the new role of Minister of Finance, as well as the main fiscal reforms and the credit policies at this period, should be placed.

Keywords: Corruption; Grace; General treasury; Credit; Minister of finances; Eighteenth-century Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98050-8_4

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