The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11 : $b France, 843-1715 — John Shaqi
The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11 : $b France, 843-1715
History
The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11 : $b France, 843-1715
World history
Richelieu and the king, 458. Richelieu enters the European
arena, 460. Enmity of Marie de’ Medici against Richelieu, 462.
The Day of Dupes, 462. Exile of Marie de’ Medici, 464. The
revolt of Gaston and the execution of Montmorency, 465. Foreign
affairs, 466. Wars with Austria, 468. Attempt to assassinate
the cardinal, 469. Character of Louis, 470. Revolt of the count
de Soissons, 472. Caillet’s estimate of the administration
of Richelieu, 472. The church and the state under Richelieu,
475. The conspiracy of Cinq-Mars, 478. Recovery and triumph
of Richelieu, 480. The last days of Richelieu, 482. Stephen’s
estimate of Louis XIII and of Richelieu, 484.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SUPREMACY OF MAZARIN (1643-1661 A.D.) 487
Battle of Rocroi, 489. The _importants_, 491. The education of
the young king, 493. Military glory, 494. Treaty of Westphalia,
496. Mazarin’s domestic policy, 497. First insurrection of the
Fronde, 499. The Day of the Barricades, 500. Second act of the
Fronde; arrest of Condé, 505. Resistance of Bordeaux, 506.
Disgrace and exile of Mazarin, 507. Condé in power, 508. Return
of Mazarin, 509. The last phase of the Fronde, 511. Battle of
St. Antoine, 513. Second exile of Mazarin, 513. Mazarin again
in power, 515. War with Spain continues, 516. Alliance with
Cromwell; war in Flanders, 517. The Treaty of the Pyrenees,
520. Last years and death of Mazarin, 522.
CHAPTER XIX
“_L’ÉTAT, C’EST MOI_” (1661-1715 A.D.) 525
The ministers, 528. The man with the Iron Mask, 531. The
ministry of Colbert, 531. Reorganisation of the finances, 532.
Michelet’s estimate of Colbert, 535. Louvois, 538. Vauban,
539. Séguier, legislative works, 540. Lionne, foreign affairs
and diplomacy, 541. Triumph of the absolute monarchy, 541.
Submission of Parliament, 542. Submission of the nobility,
543. The third estate, 543. Louis XIV and the church, 544.
The Protestants, 545. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 546.
The Jansenists, 548. The police, 549. The court of the grand
monarch, 550. Mademoiselle de la Vallière, 551. Madame de
Montespan, 555. Poisoning: the Brinvilliers case, 556. The
retirement of Montespan, 558. Madame de Maintenon, 559. Effect
of Louis XIV’s policy on the nation, 561.
CHAPTER XX
LOUIS XIV, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND (1661-1679 A.D.) 563
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