Fiscal Origins of the French Revolution: financial crises, public opinion and institutional change in early Modern Europe, 1688-1789.

法国大革命的财政起源：近代早期欧洲的金融危机、舆论和制度变迁，1688-1789 年。

• 批准号: ES/K010654/1
• 负责人: Joel Felix
• 金额: $ 24.77万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FK010654%2F1
• 关键词: Fiscal; Origins; French; Revolution; financial

There is broad consensus amongst historians that it was a fiscal crisis that led to the collapse of the Old Regime, the spark that made the French Revolution of 1789 doable and possible. Yet, the only comprehensive monograph on the relationship between fiscal issues and the breakdown of the Bourbon monarchy is almost a century old. This synthesis, which drew upon nineteenth century scholarship, is chronological and empirical in its approach, narrowly focused on high politics at Versailles and biased by the disputes of the time. Yet it is still regularly cited by historians, and the need for a new fiscal interpretation of the rise and fall of the French monarchy is pressing. A series of ground-breaking articles and monographs have brought to light substantial new material which fundamentally challenges the ways historians have addressed such key issues as the relationship between institutions and economic performance, taxation and privilege, war and credit, debt and the development of financial market. In addition, fiscal history has benefited from the development of econometric modelling and the applying of the methodology of cultural history to the study of taxation, political economy and institutional reform.What is missing is a new synthesis that can draw together these disparate strands, and integrate the crucial dimension of fiscal history into the wider debate about the origins of the French Revolution. What is also needed is a transnational agenda that can situate the French fiscal crisis in the wider European struggle for great power status and contribute to a better understanding about how the development of our Modern world is associated with the need to finding solutions These are the main aims of the research which will result in the following outcomes:- one scholarly and yet accessible monograph on the Fiscal origins of the French Revolution (under contract with OUP)- two scholarly articles to be submitted to international peer-reviewed journals- two international conferences and edition of the proceedings- one article for a popular history magazine on financial crises, public opinion and institutional change in early-modern Europe- a series of public lectures on 'Financial crises of the past: how can history help understand the current situation?' - a virtual exhibition on the development of fiscal transparency in the long eighteenth-century (1688-1815)

历史学家们普遍认为，正是一场财政危机导致了旧政权的垮台，正是这一火花使1789年的法国大革命变得可行和可能。然而，唯一一本关于财政问题与波旁王朝解体之间关系的综合性专著已有近一个世纪的历史。这一综合借鉴了19世纪的学术知识，在方法上是按时间顺序和经验主义的，狭隘地关注凡尔赛的高级政治，并被当时的争议所偏颇。然而，它仍然经常被历史学家引用，而且迫切需要对法国君主制的兴衰做出新的财政解释。一系列开创性的文章和专著揭示了大量新材料，这些材料从根本上挑战了历史学家研究机构与经济表现之间的关系、税收与特权、战争与信贷、债务和金融市场发展等关键问题的方式。此外，计量经济学模型的发展，以及文化史方法论在税收、政治经济学和体制改革研究中的应用，都让财政史受益。我们缺少的是一种新的综合体，能够将这些不同的线索结合在一起，并将财政史的关键维度整合到关于法国大革命起源的更广泛辩论中。还需要一个跨国议程，将法国财政危机置于更广泛的欧洲争夺大国地位的斗争中，并有助于更好地理解我们现代世界的发展如何与找到解决方案的需要相关联。这些是研究的主要目的，将产生以下结果：-一本关于法国大革命的财政起源的学术专著(与OUP签约)--两篇学术论文将提交给国际同行评议期刊--两次国际会议和会议记录的版本--一篇关于金融危机的流行历史杂志的文章。早期现代欧洲的舆论与制度变迁--关于《过去的金融危机：历史如何帮助理解当前形势？》的系列公开讲座--关于漫长的18世纪(1688-1815)财政透明度发展的虚拟展览

项目成果

Paths to transparency: control, knowledge and communication in early modern polities

通向透明之路：早期现代政治中的控制、知识和沟通

• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: Histoire & Mesure
• 作者: Felix, J.

'The most difficult financial matter that has ever presented itself': Money bills and the financing of warfare under Louis XIV

“有史以来最困难的财务问题”：路易十四时期的货币法案和战争融资

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Financial History Review
• 影响因子: 0.7
• 作者: Felix J.

The War within. Finance and morality in ealry-modern Europe

内战。

• 作者: Felix, J

L'argent du sel: Le sel de l'argent, by Daniel Dessert

Largent du sel：Le sel de largent，作者：Daniel Dessert

• DOI: 10.1093/ehr/ceu223
• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: The English Historical Review
• 作者: Felix J

Gary B. McCollim, Louis XIV's Assault on Privilege: Nicolas Desmaretz and the Tax on Wealth

加里·B·麦科林（Gary B. McCollim），《路易十四对特权的攻击：尼古拉斯·德马雷茨和财富税》

• DOI: 10.1177/0265691415607130t
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: European History Quarterly
• 影响因子: 0.3
• 作者: Felix J