The duration, in years, of first intendant appointments sorted by prior experience of maîtres des requêtes (MOR).
| Period | All | 1640-1690 | 1691-1740 | 1741-1789 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | s.d. | N | Mean | s.d. | N | Mean | s.d. | N | Mean | s.d. | |
| MOR | 204 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 75 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 67 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 62 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| No MOR | 211 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 88 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 59 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 64 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Period | All | 1640-1690 | 1691-1740 | 1741-1789 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | |||||
| MOR | 204 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 75 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 67 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 62 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| No MOR | 211 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 88 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 59 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 64 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
Notes: Periods are grouped approximately by 50 years. S.d. denotes standard deviation. In the top row, there are fifteen intendants who come to hold the maitre office after serving as intendants, as shown in Figure 4. They are omitted from analysis.