Richelieu and Mazarin

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