Richelieu, Cardinal

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1. A French clergyman and political leader of the seventeenth century. Cardinal Richelieu was the chief of government under King Louis XIII. He achieved two difficult goals in his career: establishing absolute monarchy in France and breaking the political power of the Huguenots, or French Protestants.

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Richelieu, Cardinal

Richelieu, Cardinal, and the power of steam, 7.

From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

Richelieu, Cardinal: fomented the first commotions in Scotland, and secretly supplied the Covenanters with money and arms.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Richelieu, Cardinal, Chieppo compared with, iv, 98; Archbishop Laud compared with, ix, 328; Olivarez and, vi, 180.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

Richelieu, Cardinal, scheme of intervention in Germany, ii.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Richelieu, Cardinal, administration of, government of France, 79-80; colonial policy, 80.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene