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  • curprev 03:2003:20, 23 June 2024 Hypersite talk contribs 2,900 bytes +2,900 Created page with ''''Venality of offices''' refers to the historical practice of selling or auctioning public offices, particularly in Early Modern Europe.<ref name="Doyle">Doyle, William (1996). "Venality: The Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France". Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198205364.</ref> This system allowed individuals to purchase positions in government, the military, or the church, often with the right to resell or bequeath the office to heirs.<ref nam...'