Cardinal Mazarin Chief Minister of France: Early Modern History (Early Modern History Series Book 8)

Cardinal Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino was a French-Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as Chief Minister of France from 1642 until his death in 1661.

Mazarin succeeded his mentor, Cardinal Richelieu.

He was a noted collector of art and jewels, particularly diamonds and he bequeathed the "Mazarin diamonds" to Louis XIV in 1661, some of which remain in the collection of the Louvre museum in Paris. His personal library was the origin of the Bibliotheque Mazarine in Paris.

This 4,000-word summary aims to provide the reader with an understanding of Mazarin and his policies, both as a study in its own right, and as a stepping-stone to further research.

The main areas covered in this work are:-

• General Causes of Discontent in France in the 1640's.
• Mazarin's Foreign Policy.
• French Involvement in the Thirty Years War.
• Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).
• The Treaty of Oliva (1660).
• An Assessment of Mazarin's Foreign Policy?
• The Background to the Frondes.
• The First or Parlementary Fronde.
• The Second or Noble Fronde.
• The Last Years of Cardinal Mazarin (1653-1661).
• Mazarin’s Achievements.
• Criticisms of Mazarin.

Early Modern Age Series by Andrew Alexander:-

Europe in 1500.
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.
Charles V – Holy Roman Emperor.
The Protestant Reformation.
Philip II – King of Spain.
Henry IV – King of France.
Cardinal Mazarin – Chief Minister of France.
Cardinal Richelieu’s Foreign Policy.
Louis XIV – King of France.
The Decline of Spain in the Seventeenth Century.
Peter the Great – Tsar of Russia.