Download or read book Richelieu and the French Monarchy written by Cicely Veronica Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book minence written by Jean-Vincent Blanchard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy written by Arthur Hassall and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Absolutism in France written by William Farr Church and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Origins of French Absolutism 1598 1661 written by Alan James and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Richelieu and the French Monarcy written by Cicely Veronica Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Monarchy 1483 1789 written by Arthur James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Monarchy 1483 1789 written by Arthur James Grant and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Monarchy 1483 1789 Volume 1 written by A. J. Grant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1900, this book forms the first of two volumes on the history of France between 1483 and 1789. The volumes cover the chief events in French history during the period, encompassing both domestic and foreign affairs, with a particular focus on the role of the monarchy.
Download or read book Martin s History of France written by Henri Martin and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Days of the French Monarchy written by Hilaire Belloc and published by London : Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 1916 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louis Xiv and Richelieu written by Claudius Mollokwu and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This twin study of Louis XIV of France and his father’s one time collaborator, Cardinal Richelieu tells how these two important figures turned France into a global power and a global influence through their respective reforms to the country. Together they are two of the most important figures to have reigned in French history. Together in their own separate and unique ways they enacted policies that bequeathed a legacy that set the foundational principles and institutions that was to govern France and turn her into a successful country that enjoyed world-wide respect and affection. Taking into account new and recent archival evidence these two texts on Louis and Richelieu, respectively offer a fresh and new approach to the lives of these two monarchs as it were and key players in French history.
Download or read book Cardinal Richelieu written by Joseph Bergin and published by New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Decline of the French Monarchy written by Henri Martin and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Cardinal Richelieu written by Sir Richard Lodge and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Richelieu and Reason of State written by William Farr Church and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Absolutism and Its Discontents written by Michael S. Kimmel and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
