The political testament of M. Jean Baptist Colbert, minister and Secretary of State wherein is contain'd all that hath pass'd under the reign of Lewis the XIV unto the year 1684 : with remarks upon the government of the kingdom of France / translated out of French.
- Title
- The political testament of M. Jean Baptist Colbert, minister and Secretary of State wherein is contain'd all that hath pass'd under the reign of Lewis the XIV unto the year 1684 : with remarks upon the government of the kingdom of France / translated out of French.
- Author
- Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for R. Bentley ...,
- 1695.
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- Subject terms
- Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683.
- France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34772.0001.001
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"The political testament of M. Jean Baptist Colbert, minister and Secretary of State wherein is contain'd all that hath pass'd under the reign of Lewis the XIV unto the year 1684 : with remarks upon the government of the kingdom of France / translated out of French." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34772.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
Contents
- half title
- title page
- dedications
- A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED In this Volume.
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THE
TESTAMENT
OF
M. John Baptist Colbert,
CONCERNING
GOVERNMENT.
- CHAP. I. Containing a brief Account of the Reign of Lewis the Great, from his coming to the Crown, 'till the Year 1649. in which the War of Paris began.
- CHAP. II. Containing what pass'd from the Paris War, to the Peace of the Pyrenées.
- CHAP. III. Containing what past since the Treaty of the Pyrenes, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle.
- CHAP. IV. Containing that which past after the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle till the Holland War.
- CHAP. V. Containing that which past from the War of Holland, to the Treaty of Nimmeguen.
- CHAP. VI. Containing that which past after the Treaty of Nimeghen, till the Year 1684.
- CHAP. VII. Which shews, that those particular Favours which your Majesty hath receiv'd from God, oblige you to render to him that which is his due; and that no Kingdom can prosper, without the fear of God.
- CHAP. VIII. Of Obedience to the Pope.
- CHAP. IX. Of the Love which a Prince ought to have for his Subjects, and of Taxes.
- CHAP. X. Of all the Kingdom in general.
- CHAP. XI. Of the Clergy.
- CHAP. XII. Of the Nobility, or Gentry.
- CHAP. XIII. Of Lawyers, or those concern'd in the admini∣stration of Justice.
- CHAP. XIV. Of the Men of Business, such Bankers or others who farm the King's Revenue.
- CHAP. XV. Of Tradesmen and Commerce.
- CHAP. XVI. Of Husbandmen and Tillage.