From the 16th century to the French Revolution: Some general perspectives on the Chambre-des-comptes

During the three centuries of the Old Regime, the evolution of the Chambre des comptes reflects, at the price of some violent crises and discrete alterations, the changes which have occurred in the institutional and political history of the province and kingdom. Whereas the number of officers increases according to the rates and processes which are already known, the functions of the Room are little by little delimited and reduced. The disorders of the second half of the 16th century then the reign of Louis XIV represent the height of this evolution which leads the institution to a very secondary role during the 18th century.