Cardinal Richelieu: Power and the Pursuit of Wealth
- ISBN-10
- 0300048602
- ISBN-13
- 9780300048605
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Joseph Bergin
Description
"Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal-duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac; 9 September 1585? 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered."--Wikipedia.
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