The development of French naval policy in the seventeenth century: Richelieu's early aims and ambitions

French History

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-402

  James, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63249133614     PISSN: 02691191     EISSN: 14774542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fh/12.4.384     Document Type: Article

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8. The literature on early French maritime commercial ventures and on mercantilism is vast: D. Parker, La Rochelle and the French monarchy (1980), pp. 1-6
9. On the many proposed projects of reform: L. A. Boiteux, Richelieu: grand-maître de la navigation et du commerce de France (1955), pp. 47-55
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17. Sue, Correspondance de Sourdis, iii. 207
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22. Boiteux, Grand-maître, p. 81
23. For a detailed description of these, and most other naval events, the best printed source remains Charles de La Roncière, Histoire de la marine française, 4 (1910)
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29. Grillon, Papiers, i. 303-13, 'Contrat de la Compagnie du Morbihan ou des Cent Associés', March 1626
30. Parker, La Rochelle, pp. 79-81
31. Grillon, Papiers, ii. 404-6, 'Instruction pour M. de Guise'
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