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, policy of, 59, 70, 92, 93;alliance with Spain, 94.

From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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

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

Richelieu, Cardinal, his energetic colonial policy, 120-3, 129, 133; succumbs to European interests, 124, 127-8 n.

From The Founder of New France A Chronicle of Champlain by Charles W. (Charles William) Colby

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

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

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 Elbert Hubbard

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