Embezzlement and high treason in Louis XIV's France : the trial of Nicolas Fouquet

Embezzlement and high treason in Louis XIV's France : the trial of Nicolas Fouquet / by Vincent J. Pitts.

From 1661 to 1664, France was mesmerized by the arrest and trial of Nicolas Fouquet, the country's superintendent of finance. Prosecuted on trumped-up charges of embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, and high treason, Fouquet managed to exonerate himself from all of the major charges over the c...

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Main Author: Pitts, Vincent J. (Vincent Joseph), 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Fouquet, Nicolas, > 1615-1680 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715.
Fouquet, Nicolas, > 1615-1680
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715
Trials (Embezzlement) > France.
Trials (Treason) > France.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Trials (Embezzlement)
Trials (Treason)
France
Trials, litigation, etc.
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