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Jean Baptiste Colbert

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Baptiste Colbert , 1619-83, French statesman. The son of a draper, he was trained in business and was hired by Cardinal Mazarin to look after his financial affairs. On his deathbed, Mazarin recommended Colbert to King Louis XIV, who made him comptroller general of finances (1665). Colbert helped to procure the downfall of the superintendent of finances, Nicolas Fouquet , for mismanagement. As Louis XIV's minister, Colbert scaled down the public debt by repudiating some obligations and reducing the value of others and set up a system of accounts in order to keep the government with... Read more
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Jean Baptiste Colbert The French statesman Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) was one of the greatest ministers of Louis...of the economic system of prerevolutionary France. Jean Baptiste Colbert was born at Reims on Aug. 29, 1619, of a family of... Read more
Colbert, Jean Baptiste
Colbert, Jean Baptiste (1619–83) French statesman, the principal exponent of mercantilism . He came to prominence as an adviser to Cardinal Mazarin . From 1661, when Louis XIV began his personal rule, Colbert controlled most aspects of government: reforming taxation and manufacturing, reducing ... Read more

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