Linked from

The 18 pages that link to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, each with the reason it gives.

• Louis XIVRelated: His fiscal and commercial policies supplied resources for the monarchy.

• MercantilismRelated: His policies became a prominent French model of state-directed commerce.

• Academy of SciencesRelated: As royal minister, he organized the 1666 gathering that became the Academy.

• Jean-Baptiste LullyRelated: Colbert’s administrative influence helped shape the institutions where Lully exercised musical authority.

• French AcademyRelated: He promoted state institutions that directed artistic production and royal prestige.

• Charles Le BrunRelated: Colbert promoted Le Brun and helped place him at the head of royal artistic institutions.

• Code NoirRelated: He initiated preparations for a legal framework governing slavery in the colonies.

• Académie royale de peinture et de sculptureRelated: He helped place the Academy within a coordinated system of royal institutions and patronage.

• French East India CompanyRelated: He organized the company in 1664 as part of a royal program to expand trade and state revenue.

• Paris ObservatoryRelated: Colbert organized the royal initiative that led to the observatory’s foundation.

• French Academy in RomeRelated: As Louis XIV’s minister, Colbert helped establish the academy in 1666.

• Nicolas FouquetRelated: Colbert became Fouquet’s principal rival and succeeded him in directing royal finances.

• Canal du MidiRelated: Colbert backed the project as a means to strengthen commerce and royal power.

• Giovanni Domenico CassiniRelated: Colbert recruited Cassini to France and helped establish the Paris Observatory.

• Antoine GallandRelated: Colbert’s patronage enabled Galland’s early antiquarian missions in the eastern Mediterranean.

• DirigismeBroader topic: His policies became an enduring historical reference for French economic direction.

• André-Charles BoulleRelated: Colbert’s support for royal production helped create the institutional setting for luxury crafts.

• France in the early modern periodRelated: His economic program strengthened the fiscal and commercial foundations of royal policy.