Colbertism
Industry reforms: Updated the citation, same book. I don’t speak French fwiw.
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He created a system of spies to make sure nobody was differing from the system, with punishments rating from heavy fines, public mockery or the inability to keep working in the industry. |
He created a system of spies to make sure nobody was differing from the system, with punishments rating from heavy fines, public mockery or the inability to keep working in the industry. |
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Colbert achieved a remarkable short-term transformation of French industry: his policies stimulated the creation of state-sponsored manufactories, standardised production practices, and expanded key sectors such as textiles, glassworks, and armaments. This bolstered France to the preeminent European power under Louis XIV. However his heavy-handed regulation, reliance on centralised state monopolies, and enforcement of strict guild systems also introduced structural rigidities into the French economy and its industry. These constraints, though effective for maintaining quality and state oversight, later these constraints contributed to a lack of adaptability in French industry and a hostility to technological innovation. However it would be inaccurate to blame solely Colbert for the later French industrial lag. |
Colbert achieved a remarkable short-term transformation of French industry: his policies stimulated the creation of state-sponsored manufactories, standardised production practices, and expanded key sectors such as textiles, glassworks, and armaments. This bolstered France to the preeminent European power under Louis XIV. However his heavy-handed regulation, reliance on centralised state monopolies, and enforcement of strict guild systems also introduced structural rigidities into the French economy and its industry. These constraints, though effective for maintaining quality and state oversight, later these constraints contributed to a lack of adaptability in French industry and a hostility to technological innovation. However it would be inaccurate to blame solely Colbert for the later French industrial lag.{{cite book |last=d'Aubert |first=François |title=Colbert |language=fr |date=2010 |publisher=Éditions Perrin |isbn=978-2-262-03211-1}} |
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===Decree of 1670=== |
===Decree of 1670=== |
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