Generally we take into account Vauban?s work as divided into two parts: the Traité de l?attaque des places on the one hand, the project of Dîme royale on the other hand. On the contrary we point out the profound unity of this work from a methodological point of view and from a political point...

<alinea/> The IEDES is fifty years old. This is an opportunity to draw up a picture of its activity. The institution is first of all devoted to post-graduate teaching and to research. That is why we enumerate the courses given and the degrees delivered. But this contribution chooses to focus on its...