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Auteur(s) : Blanchard, Jean-Vincent
Titre(s) : Éminence [Texte imprimé] : Cardinal Richelieu and the rise of France / Jean-Vincent Blanchard
Édition : 1st U.S. ed
Publication : New York : Walker 惘., 2011
Description matérielle : vi, 309 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm
Comprend : The rise: Toward a coup d'etat (1617) ; Wars of a mother and a son (1617-1620) ; Jupiter's
favor (1621-1624) ; The testing: Angel or demon? (1624-1626) ; Wonder by the sea (1627-1628)
; Great storm (1629-1930) ; The passion: Restless dragon (1631-1634) ; War (1635-1637)
; Turning points (1638-1640) ; The final scene (1641-1642) ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index
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 Machiavelli.
Forging a nation-state amid the swirl of unruly nobles, widespread corruption, wars
of religion, and an ambitious Habsburg empire, Richelieu mastered the politics of
absolute power. At times cruel and ruthless, he was always devoted to creating a lasting
central authority vested in the monarchy, a power essential to France's position on
the European stage for the next two centuries. Jean-Vincent Blanchard's insightful
new biography offers a rich portrait of a fascinating man and his era, and gives us
a keener understanding of the dark arts of politics.--From publisher description
Sujet(s) : Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642 ; cardinal duc de)
Politique et gouvernement -- France -- 1610-1643
Genre ou forme : Biographies
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780802717047. - ISBN 0802717047
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42542757t
Notice n° :
FRBNF42542757
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