The Age of Napoleon Podcast Episode 45: In Debt with Zachary Stoltzfus
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Mar 6, 2019 Debt and property in revolutionary France, researching 18th-century French history, grad school journey, accessibility of French archives, role of the Bank of France in stabilizing the economy
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Property And Credit Were Intertwined
- Property and credit in pre-revolutionary France were deeply intertwined through feudal obligations and real rights like épotech.
- The Revolution and Napoleonic reforms disentangled public power from private property, reshaping credit relations.
Public Offices Became Creditable Assets
- The Revolution turned many forms of public or office-based assets into negotiable property for credit purposes.
- Creditors shifted from seizing offices to demanding specific land or real estate as loan guarantees.
Revolution Reconstructed Property Legally
- Ralph Blaufarb's Great Demarcation argues the Revolution legally reconstructed property rather than revealing a single natural form.
- The new regime replaced state-centered property with legally constructed private ownership.