Joël Félix
is Professor of European History at the University of Reading, UK. His

specialism is in early-modern fiscal and political history, particularly in France. His main publications include
Finance et politique au siècle des Lumières
(CHEFF 1999) and
Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette
(Payot 2006). With J. Swann, he is the editor of
Crisis of the Absolute Monarchy
(British Academy/OUP 2013), and he has recently edited
Before Fiscal Transparency
(
Histoire & Mesure
2015).

Anne Dubet
is Professor of Early-Modern Spanish History at the University Clermont-Auvergne, France, specializing in the history of finances and politics in early modern Spain. Her most recent book is
La Hacienda Real de la Nueva Planta (1713-1726), entre fraude y buen gobierno
(Fondo de Cultura Económica, Madrid, 2015) and she co-authored, with S. Solbes Ferri,
El rey, el ministro yel tesorero.El gobierno de la Real Hacienda en el siglo XVIII español
(Madrid, Marcial Pons Historia, 2019).

Builds upon the expertise of a group of fiscal historians who are leaders in their fields

Provides unique and original research, especially with its comparative European dimension

Historicizes the problems resulting from the international financial crisis of 2007-08 to early-modern Europe

Chapter 1. Introduction; Anne Dubet and Joël Félix.- Chapter 2. Credit and Discredit of Financiers in Wartime: Defrauding and Serving the Crown in Seventeenth-Century Spain; Sébastien Malaprade.- 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; Aaron Graham.- Chapter 4. The Spanish Monarchy and Financier Fraud During the Early Eighteenth Century: A Morality of Favours and Negotiation; Anne Dubet.- Chapter 5. Forgery of the French Coinage: The Question of the Counterfeit Money in the Southern Low Countries, 1710-1730; Marie-Laure Legay.- Chapter 6. The Talhouët Affair; François R. Velde.- Chapter 7. Tax Officials Stand Accused: Reform in Taxation and Public Morality in the Dutch Republic, 1748-1756; Toon Kerkhoff.- Chapter 8. Between Private and Public Interests: The
Moral Economy of Collaboration
in Eighteenth-Century Spain; Agustín González Enciso.- Chapter 9. Why did C
hambres de Justice
Disappear in Eighteenth-Century France? Fiscal Profit and Institutional Change, 1688-1788; Joël Félix.- Chapter 10. War, Resources and Morality: Sweden 1740-1770; Patrik Winton.- Chapter 11. For the Good of the Prince: Government and Corruption in Germany During the Eighteenth Century; Robert Bernsee.