The Paulette Edict (1604): the Marketization of the Royal Finances

Nicolas Pinsard and Yamina Tadjeddine

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Abstract: The edict of the Paulette (1604) is an important legal act, which produced many institutional changes. Offices appeared in the XIIIth century in France, thus earlier than the edict. However, by giving property rights and inalienable handover to officeholders, in return of paying a tax that is valued at 1/60th of the office value, the edict had an important impact on office nature. Using data and documents that we picked up at Archives nationales and in the Sully collection, our article emphasizes the consequences of financialization of offices on public finances and on the social-political structures.

Keywords: The edict of the Paulette; Property rights; Édit de la Paulette; 1604; Droit de la propriété; Droit de transmission; Politique sociale; Économie sociale et solidaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-27
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Published in 31st Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Jun 2019, New York, United States

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