Essai sur quelques privilèges financiers à la fin de l'Ancien Régime

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A ministry of finance file, composed of 22 requests made at the end of the 18th century by towns, associations and religious communities calling for the renewal of privileges, classed in the national archives under code number h1632, contains the terms of these requests and the response of the aforementioned ministry, having been consulted by the secretaries of state. Originally, these exemptions were construed as part of everyday relations between lords, vassals and peasants. Such agreements were continued within the framework of the monarchy. These privileges, initially granted on a perpetuity basis, were in fact progressively renewed at the change of each reign. It should also be noted that within the context of urban development, the privileges granted at that time can be compared with state subsidies during the final reigning years of the monarchy, an effort was made to reduce the scope of privileges. For a long time, their renewal was based on the authenticity of an original titl

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