Richelieu and Mazarin: A Study in Statesmanship

by David Sturdy

Overview

Drawing upon recent research and past studies, David J. Sturdy presents a concise, up-to-date analysis of the private and public careers of two of the most influential ministers in seventeenth-century France.

Richelieu and Mazarin:
- Adopts a broadly chronological approach, interspersed with passages at relevant points which compare and contrast the key achievements of the two Cardinals
- Examines such central themes as the internal government of France, the ministers' conduct of foreign policy, and the nature of elite and popular resistance to their policies
- Explores the political ideas and strategies of Richelieu and Mazarin, the relations between the ministers and the Crown, and the patronage they exercised

The book concludes with a comparative assessment of the significance of the two figures for the history of France.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350317321
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/14/2017
Series:	European History in Perspective
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	449 KB

About the Author

DAVID J. STURDY is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Ulster. He specializes in the political and social history of France and in the history of science. His previous publications include Louis XIV, also in the European History in Perspective series.
DAVID STURDY is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Ulster, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Map of the French Provinces
The Government of France
Richelieu: The Bishop and Emerging Political Leader
Richelieu as Minister
The First Years of Richelieu's Ministry: 1624-1630
Richelieu and French Foreign Policy, 1630-1642
Richelieu and the Internal Government of France, 1630-1642
Richelieu: An Assessment
Mazarin: Origins and Early Career
Mazarin in Government and the Conduct of War, 1643-1648
The Frondes
Mazarin, Foreign Policy and Domestic Tensions, 1653-1661
Mazarin as Patron and Collector
Conclusion: The Cardinals in Retrospect
Significant Dates
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.

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From the Publisher

'For those of us who love to visit Paris, to walk from the Institut Mazarin across the Pont des Arts to the Louvre, to explore the arcades of the Place des Vosges or the Palais Royal, both places where Richelieu had his residence, Sturdy's book helps to illuminate an exciting and important part in French history.' - Fiona Roberts, History Teaching Review Yearbook