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Fouquet, more confident than ever, dashed on in the old way, while Colbert and his clerks were quietly digging the pit into which he was soon to fall. Colbert Avas reinforced by Séguier, the ...
France: The Library of Nicolas Fouquet and the College Royal E. Stewart Saunders Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of finance for Louis XIV, created in the 1650s a library second only to Cardinal Mazarin's in its size, scope, and scholarly content. Inherited from his father in 1640 and built at first around
History. 10 good reasons to visit the château. History. The estate. Exhibitions. The château. The Formal Gardens. The carriage museum. A 17th century masterpiece, Vaux-le-Vicomte was the backdrop to many major historical events and witnessed the tragic eviction of its creator, Nicolas Fouquet, following an extraordinary trial.
Fouquet, Nicolas. Nicolas Fouquet (nēkôlä´ fōōkā´), 1615–80, superintendent of finance (1653–61) under King Louis XIV of France. His loyalty to Cardinal Mazarin during the Fronde helped to secure his position. By his transactions with financiers, to whom he allowed huge profits, he impoverished the treasury and accumulated a vast ...
16 de ene. de 2023 · Y entre estos ingratos se contaba Nicolas Fouquet, el superintendente de finanzas del reino. Hijo de un consejero de Estado, el padre de Nicolas se enriqueció como socio de “La Compagnie des îles d‘Amérique”. Con este dinero, Monsieur Fouquet compró para su hijo un cargo de consejero en el Parlamento de Metz.
In Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV’s France, Vincent Pitts tells the story of the trial of one of Louis XIV’s finance ministers, Nicolas Fouquet, for abuse of his public office. In so doing he elucidates how private and public interests coexisted in seventeenth century France. He also brings the reader closer to a moment in the ...
Nicolas Fouquet, markýz de Belle-Île, vikomt de Vaux Melun ( 27. ledna 1615, Paříž, Francie – 23. března 1680, Pignerol, Itálie) byl francouzský ministr a vrchní intendant financí v letech 1653 až 1661, za vlády Ludvíka XIV. V roce 1661 byl na králův rozkaz zatčen poté, co ztratil pro svou extravaganci jeho přízeň.
