Richelieu and Mazarin compares these two striking, but very different, statesmen and evaluates their careers and achievements in the light of modern research.
Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting...
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