[PDF] Richelieu And The French Monarchy eBook

Author : Jean-Vincent Blanchard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 36,23 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802778534

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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. 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.

Author : J. Russell Major
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 1997-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801856310

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Evans (classics, U. of British Columbia) examines the history of the great emperor, whose reign marks the transition between Late Antiquity and the Byzantine period, including what is presently known about his life, the social structure of the empire, its relations with its neighbors, and naturally, its wars. It also examines theological issues, which split the empire and left deep divisions after Justinian's death. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Alan James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317878906

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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.

Author : Arthur Hassall
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 1895
Category : France
ISBN :

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This film is about an English lady and a rough river trader on a dangerous journey in German East Africa in 1914.