Memoirs Of Cardinal De Retz

by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

Overview

This is a classic of 17th century memoirs, where de Retz, one of the main leaders of the Paris Fronde, tells us in detail about his many adventures and about the day to day and courtly life of the period (mainly during Louis XIV's minority), with great flair, sagacity and "esprit". This is one of the main sources for this particular convulsion in French life, which ended slightly later, with the concentration of power in the Roi Soleil's hands.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162696483
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/08/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	449 KB

About the Author

Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (September 20, 1613 – August 24, 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.

The Florentine banking family of the Gondi had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.