The Life of Cardinal Richelieu
Title | The Life of Cardinal Richelieu PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Richard Lodge |
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Pages | 346 |
Release | 1903 |
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The Life of Cardinal Richelieu
Title | The Life of Cardinal Richelieu PDF eBook |
Author | William Robson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1854 |
Genre | France |
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The Life of Cardinal Richelieu
Title | The Life of Cardinal Richelieu PDF eBook |
Author | William Robson (Miscellaneous Writer.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 1854 |
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Life of Richelieu
Title | Life of Richelieu PDF eBook |
Author | William Robson |
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Pages | 522 |
Release | 1854 |
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Cardinal Richelieu
Title | Cardinal Richelieu PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Bergin |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780300048605 |
"Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal-duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac; 9 September 1585? 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered."--Wikipedia.
Éminence
Title | Éminence PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Vincent Blanchard |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2011-09-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0802778534 |
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.
Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France
Title | Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Levi |
Publisher | Constable Limited |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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The story of Cardinal Richelieu is one of high drama, ruthless ambition and political intrigue. This biography reveals the extent of this great 17th century statesman's scheming to gain state control over all cultural activities in order to further his aim of unifying France. By the time he had died, in 1642, his efforts had led to the creation of an academy, the official protectorship of the Sorbonne, the promotion of the theatre, the erection of magnificent buildings and the assiduous collection of works of art, all of which helped to mould the country into a cultural unity and remain Richelieu's most enduring legacy.