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Intro; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: Corruption and the Rise of the Fiscal State; References; Chapter 2 Credit and Discredit of Financiers in Wartime: Defrauding and Serving the Crown in Seventeenth-Century Spain; 1 A Meteoric Rise Viewed from the Moment of the Fall; 2 Techniques of Advancement; 3 Interpreting Corruption; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 "I Carry a Serpent in My Bosom, Which Devours Me": Finance, Morality and the Public Service in the Nine Years War, 1688-1697; 1 Financial Moralities and Mentalities
2 The Last Temptation of Richard Hill3 Ranelagh and Financial Immorality; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 The Spanish Monarchy and Financier Fraud During the Early Eighteenth Century: A Morality of Favours and Negotiation; 1 Good and Bad Intentions: A Casuistry of Corruption; 2 Fresh Compromises with the 'gens d'affaires', or Monied Men; 3 The Minister, the Treasurer, and the Traffic in Promissory Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Forgery of the French Coinage: The Question of the Counterfeit Money in the Southern Low Countries, 1710-1730; 1 The Violation of People's Rights
2 The Fake Louis d'or of the Governor, Marquis of Prié3 Pietro Proli and the Antwerp Connection; 4 The Counterfeiting of Gold Louis with Two Ls; 5 Liège's Manufacture; 6 Counterfeiters and Royal Pardon; 7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 The Talhouët Affair: Graft and Punishment in 1723 France; 1 French Finances from 1715 to 1720; 2 The Operation of the Visa, 1721-1723; 3 The Affair; 3.1 The Perpetrators; 3.2 The Crime; 3.3 Arrest and Trial; 3.4 The Legal Issues; 3.5 Motives and Self-Justification; 3.6 The Outcome; 4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7 Tax Officials Stand Accused: Reform in Taxation and Public Morality in the Dutch Republic, 1748-17561 A System of Tax Farming; 2 Riots and Protest; 3 Corruption in a Changed System: Tax Officials Stand Accused; 3.1 Pieter Reijers and Frederik Vaster; 3.2 Jacobus Cras and Jacob Nolla; 4 Changing Public Morality in a Changing System of Taxation; 5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 8 Between Private and Public Interests: The Moral Economy of Collaboration in Eighteenth-Century Spain; 1 Sovereign Entrepreneurship in Great Britain
2 Method or Efficiency? Spanish Policy as Regards Private Actors3 The Principle of Efficiency According to the State; 4 Tax Farmers and Contractors Before 1749; 5 Against Tax Farming; 6 Farmers' Profits; 7 Shifting Scenarios; 8 The Procurement Policy of Charles III (1759-1788); 9 Fewer Contractors, Longer Contacts: An Overview; 10 The Nationalisation of Cannon Foundries and Munitions Factories; 11 Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 Why Did Chambres de Justice Disappear in Eighteenth-Century France? Fiscal Profit and Institutional Change, 1688-1788
2 The Last Temptation of Richard Hill3 Ranelagh and Financial Immorality; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 The Spanish Monarchy and Financier Fraud During the Early Eighteenth Century: A Morality of Favours and Negotiation; 1 Good and Bad Intentions: A Casuistry of Corruption; 2 Fresh Compromises with the 'gens d'affaires', or Monied Men; 3 The Minister, the Treasurer, and the Traffic in Promissory Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Forgery of the French Coinage: The Question of the Counterfeit Money in the Southern Low Countries, 1710-1730; 1 The Violation of People's Rights
2 The Fake Louis d'or of the Governor, Marquis of Prié3 Pietro Proli and the Antwerp Connection; 4 The Counterfeiting of Gold Louis with Two Ls; 5 Liège's Manufacture; 6 Counterfeiters and Royal Pardon; 7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 The Talhouët Affair: Graft and Punishment in 1723 France; 1 French Finances from 1715 to 1720; 2 The Operation of the Visa, 1721-1723; 3 The Affair; 3.1 The Perpetrators; 3.2 The Crime; 3.3 Arrest and Trial; 3.4 The Legal Issues; 3.5 Motives and Self-Justification; 3.6 The Outcome; 4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7 Tax Officials Stand Accused: Reform in Taxation and Public Morality in the Dutch Republic, 1748-17561 A System of Tax Farming; 2 Riots and Protest; 3 Corruption in a Changed System: Tax Officials Stand Accused; 3.1 Pieter Reijers and Frederik Vaster; 3.2 Jacobus Cras and Jacob Nolla; 4 Changing Public Morality in a Changing System of Taxation; 5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 8 Between Private and Public Interests: The Moral Economy of Collaboration in Eighteenth-Century Spain; 1 Sovereign Entrepreneurship in Great Britain
2 Method or Efficiency? Spanish Policy as Regards Private Actors3 The Principle of Efficiency According to the State; 4 Tax Farmers and Contractors Before 1749; 5 Against Tax Farming; 6 Farmers' Profits; 7 Shifting Scenarios; 8 The Procurement Policy of Charles III (1759-1788); 9 Fewer Contractors, Longer Contacts: An Overview; 10 The Nationalisation of Cannon Foundries and Munitions Factories; 11 Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 Why Did Chambres de Justice Disappear in Eighteenth-Century France? Fiscal Profit and Institutional Change, 1688-1788