Mazarin

by Arthur Hassall

9 chapters6h 11mEnglish1903

About this book

Guilio Raimondo (Cardinal Mazarin, 1602-1661), Richelieu's designated successor as chief minister of France, was a master of diplomacy. Though a cardinal, he was not a priest and was probably secretly married to the Queen-Mother, Anne of Austria. Together they ruled France, facing the great rebellion known as the Fronde, and with the help of the military genius of Turenne, prevailed over the armies of Spain, Austria, and the traitorous Grand Condé. Arthur Hassall writes of Mazarin that by the time of his death in 1661 he had, through "patience, perseverance, and sagacity," fulfilled Richelieu's foreign policy and made the twenty-one year-old Louis XIV the absolute monarch of Europe's greatest power. (Pamela Nagami)

Chapters (9)

1Ch. 1: The Early Years of Mazarin's Ministry, 1643-1646

2669

2Ch. 2: Mazarin's Connection with the Rebellions in Naples and England, 1643-1649

2167

3Ch. 3: The Peace of Westphalia, 1648

1689

4Ch. 4: The Parliamentary Fronde, 1648-1649

2557

5Ch. 5: The Early Years of the New Fronde, 1649-1651

2719

6Ch. 6: The Close of the Fronde, 1651-1653

2589

7Ch. 7: The Spanish War and the English Alliance, 1648-1659

2495

8Ch. 8: The League of the Rhine and the Peace of the Pyrenees, 1658-1659

2943

9Ch. 9: Mazarin's Death, Character, and Work

2469

Mazarin

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