 Noblewomen, Business, and Financial Management in Nineteenth-Century FranceElizabeth Macknight ()
Chapter Chapter 11 in Nineteenth Century Businesswomen, 2024, pp 199-222 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Macknight examines noblewomen’s business interests and management of finance during the long nineteenth century. The chapter presents archival case studies to illustrate the entrepreneurial skills exercised by these female landowners who were diversifying their property portfolios by investing in shares as well as generating revenue from the exploitation of natural resources. Using private correspondence between noblewomen, estate stewards, notaries, and tax officials, Macknight shows noblewomen actively responding to evolutions in tax law and minimizing risk exposure. The chapter illustrates circumstances in which noblewomen were either sheltered from or suffered the fiscal implications of economic volatility in France. In becoming more business oriented, noblewomen defended their personal rights to control of economic capital and challenged gender-based legal limitations in their dealings with state authorities. Keywords: France; Law; Noblewomen; Property; Tax; Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:frochp:978-3-031-56411-6_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56411-6_11 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Frontiers in Economic History from Springer |
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