Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV's France

Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV's France
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9781137381798
ISBN-13 : 1137381795
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Book Synopsis Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV's France by : G. Rowlands

Download or read book Dangerous and Dishonest Men: The International Bankers of Louis XIV's France written by G. Rowlands and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the eighteenth century Louis XIV needed to remit huge sums of money abroad to support his armies during the War of the Spanish Succession. This book explains how international bankers moved French money across Europe, and how the foreign exchange system was so overloaded by the demands of war that a massive banking crash resulted.


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