HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mercantilism, Fronde, Cardinal Mazarin
29 Sep 2018
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Associated with the growth of an absolutist state: an economic policy and theory of the state, england practiced forms of mercantilism but most prominent among absolutist states. In the 17th century, this was 100 years or more before adam smith"s great work; If you import more, people pay you in hard currency and if you import less, you"re really not getting enough. Intendants: the nobility understands this centralization and dislikes it, therefore a spy network is needed for any plotting, richelieu said the hugneot should dismantle their fortifications. Therefore they were dismantled: louis the 14th came to the throne at the age of 4, the architect behind the throne is now cardinal mazarin who was he lover of. Louis" mother: mazarin"s accomplishment while louis was young was the crushing of the fronde of 1649-53. In that gap, louis is in his minority so the last gasp of the french nobility to claim their independence against the centralization came along.
