Abstract
This article looks at the financial meltdown of France in 1709, and traces the sovereign debt problems of the country and the causes of the great banking crisis of the spring of that year.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 42-47 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | History Today |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2009 |