Jean-Baptiste Colbert: References & Edit History
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Writings of Colbert
Colbert left among his papers Mémoires sur les affaires de finance de France (written c. 1663); a fragment entitled Particularités secrètes de la vie du Roy; and other accounts of the earlier part of Louis XIV’s reign. There is an edition of the Lettres, instructions et mémoires de Colbert, by P. Clement, 9 parts. (1861–82).
Works about Colbert.
An English-language study of Colbert’s life and work is C.W. Cole, Colbert and a Century of French Mercantilism, 2 vol. (1939). Authoritative works in French include: P. Clement, Histoire de la vie et de l’administration de Colbert (1846) and Histoire de Colbert et de son administration, 3rd ed., 2 vol. (1892); C. de la Ronciere, Un Grand ministre de la marine: Colbert (1923) and Histoire de la marine française, vol. 5 (1935); C.J. Gignoux, Monsieur Colbert (1942); and G. Mongredien, Colbert, 1619–1683 (1963).
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| Anniversary information added. | Sep 02, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 25, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History of Economic Thought - Jean Baptiste Colbert. | May 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Economists - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. | Mar 26, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. | Mar 26, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 08, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Canada A Country by Consent - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Jean Baptiste Colbert. | Sep 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. | Sep 16, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |