The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System

Jacob Soll

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Intelligence, Security, War Strategy French Historical and Cultural Studies Historical and Political Studies

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert saw governance of the state not as the inherent ability of the king, but as a form of mechanical mastery of subjects such as medieval legal history, physics, navigation, and the price lists of nails, sails, and gunpowder.

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