Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Richelieu and the French Monarchy
Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Éminence
Author: Jean-Vincent Blanchard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802778534
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Chief minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the seventeenth century, and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power. Among the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he was one of the early realist politicians, practicing in the wake of Niccolò Machiavelli. Truly larger than life, he has captured the imagination of generations, both through his own story and through his portrayal as a ruthless political mastermind in Alexandre Dumas's classic The Three Musketeers. Forging a nation-state amid the swirl of unruly, grasping nobles, widespread corruption, wars of religion, and an ambitious Habsburg empire, Richelieu's hands were always full. Serving his fickle monarch, he mastered the politics of absolute power. Jean-Vincent Blanchard's rich and insightful new biography brings Richelieu fully to life in all his complexity. At times cruel and ruthless, Richelieu was always devoted to creating a lasting central authority vested in the power of monarchy, a power essential to France's position on the European stage for the next two centuries. Richelieu's careful understanding of politics as spectacle speaks to contemporary readers; much of what he accomplished was promoted strategically through his great passion for theater and literature, and through the romance of power. Éminence offers a rich portrait of a fascinating man and his era, and gives us a keener understanding of the dark arts of politics.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802778534
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Chief minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the seventeenth century, and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power. Among the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he was one of the early realist politicians, practicing in the wake of Niccolò Machiavelli. Truly larger than life, he has captured the imagination of generations, both through his own story and through his portrayal as a ruthless political mastermind in Alexandre Dumas's classic The Three Musketeers. Forging a nation-state amid the swirl of unruly, grasping nobles, widespread corruption, wars of religion, and an ambitious Habsburg empire, Richelieu's hands were always full. Serving his fickle monarch, he mastered the politics of absolute power. Jean-Vincent Blanchard's rich and insightful new biography brings Richelieu fully to life in all his complexity. At times cruel and ruthless, Richelieu was always devoted to creating a lasting central authority vested in the power of monarchy, a power essential to France's position on the European stage for the next two centuries. Richelieu's careful understanding of politics as spectacle speaks to contemporary readers; much of what he accomplished was promoted strategically through his great passion for theater and literature, and through the romance of power. Éminence offers a rich portrait of a fascinating man and his era, and gives us a keener understanding of the dark arts of politics.
The Impact of Absolutism in France
Author: William Farr Church
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy
Author: Arthur Hassall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Richelieu and the French Monarcy
Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The French Monarchy (1483-1789)
Author: Arthur James Grant
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661
Author: Alan James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317878906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal ‘absolutism’ on its head by redefining the French monarchy’s success from 1598 - 1661. The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661 maintains that building blocks were not being laid by the so-called architects of absolutism, but that by satisfying long-established, traditional ambitions, cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin undoubtedly made the confident, ambitious reign of the late century possible.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317878906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal ‘absolutism’ on its head by redefining the French monarchy’s success from 1598 - 1661. The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661 maintains that building blocks were not being laid by the so-called architects of absolutism, but that by satisfying long-established, traditional ambitions, cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin undoubtedly made the confident, ambitious reign of the late century possible.
The French Monarchy (1483-1789)
Author: Arthur James Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Martin's History of France
France Under Richelieu and Colbert
Author: John Henry Bridges
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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