Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu

Author: Joseph Bergin

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780300048605

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"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
Éminence

Author: Jean-Vincent Blanchard

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780802778529

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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. One of the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he has captured the imagination of generations, both through the story of his life and through Alexandre Dumas's portrayal of him as a ruthless political mastermind in the classic The Three Musketeers. Jean-Vincent Blanchard's rich and insightful new biography brings Richelieu fully to life in all his complexity. His 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. ƒminence offers a rich portrait of a fascinating man and his era, and gives us a keener understanding of the dark art of politics. "Blanchard's captivating biography vividly captures the rise to power of a seminal figure who was instrumental in creating France as we know it."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Lovers of intrigue and derring-do will enjoy Jean-Vincent Blanchard's Eminence ... [His] lively style will appeal to general readers, while history buffs will appreciate his careful footnotes and plethora of primary sources."-The Baltimore Sun

Political Testament
Political Testament

Author: Armand Jean Du Plessis Du Richelieu

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781013822438

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Dignified Retreat
Dignified Retreat

Author: Robert A. Schneider

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 019882632X

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A panoramic study of the vibrant literary and intellectual culture that emerged in seventeenth-century France, drawing on the writings of over 100 men and women of letters, 'the generation of 1630', to understand the rise and refinement of the French language and the development of the literary culture of French classicism.

The Rise of Richelieu
The Rise of Richelieu

Author: Joseph Bergin

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780719052385

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Presents a biography of Richelieu up to the point where he took ministerial office for the second time in 1624.

Richelieu and Reason of State
Richelieu and Reason of State

Author: William Farr Church

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 1400867746

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The problem of the relationship between moral principles and political necessity, of the purposes of power and the justice of means, has always been a central theme in European history. The ministry of Cardinal Richelieu is a focal point for the problem because it existed during a time when the continuing strength of religiously based political ideas and the growth of the modern state converged. In this major study William F. Church examines Richelieu's policies, his efforts to justify them, and the extensive debates they occasioned. His conclusion, contrary to that of many earlier historians, is that the underlying ideology of the Cardinal's policies was strongly religious and opened the way to secularized reason of state to a very limited degree. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France
Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France

Author: Anthony Levi

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 9780786709311

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In an extraordinary drama sweeping across seventeenth-century France, this probing biography of Cardinal Richelieu explores how a man of steely intelligence and ruthless ambition not only fulfilled his dreams of social prestige, personal wealth, and political power but at the same time realized his vision of a France unified as much by its culture as by its king.

Richelieu and His Age
Richelieu and His Age

Author: Joseph Bergin

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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This study of Cardinal Richelieu's career as chief minister to Louis XIII of France presents the original research of eight experts in the field. Linking their work is the belief that Richelieu's ministry was a significant moment in the history of early modern France. The authors reject the traditional picture of Richelieu as the single-handed creator of the French absolute state and the original exponent of Realpolitik. Instead they paint a collective portrait of a statesman politically astute but none the less devout. The Richelieu who emerges is in many respects a conservative figure, but one driven by a genuine desire to establish a more just and peaceful society (both in France and in Europe). The emphasis here, then, is more on Richelieu the Cardinal than on Richelieu the secular statesman. The tragedy and irony of his ministry, as the authors also show, was that to maintain himself in power, Richelieu had to behave more like a Renaissance prince than a Counter-Reformation prelate.

Richelieu
Richelieu

Author: Louis Auchincloss

Publisher: Penguin Putnam

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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A biography of the French cardinal and statesman analyzes the genius that led Richelieu to become a tremendous influence and France and the world, in a volume featuring numerous period illustrations.

Richelieu's Army
Richelieu's Army

Author: David Parrott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-09-06

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 0521792096

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A definitive reinterpretation of the role and influence of the French army during Richelieu's ministry.