Mazarin
Guilio Raimondo (Cardinal Mazarin, 1602-1661), Richelieu's designated successor as chief minister of France, was a master of diplomacy. Though a cardinal, he was not a priest and was probably secretly married to the Queen-Mother, Anne of Austria. Together they ruled France, facing the great rebellion known as the Fronde, and with the help of the military genius of Turenne, prevailed over the armies of Spain, Austria, and the traitorous Grand Condé. Arthur Hassall writes of Mazarin that by the time of his death in 1661 he had, through "patience, perseverance, and sagacity," fulfilled Richelieu's foreign policy and made the twenty-one year-old Louis XIV the absolute monarch of Europe's greatest power. (Pamela Nagami)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Ch. 1: The Early Years of Mazarin's Ministry, 1643-1646 | Pamela Nagami |
00:44:29 |
Play 02 | Ch. 2: Mazarin's Connection with the Rebellions in Naples and England, 1643-1649 | Pamela Nagami |
00:36:07 |
Play 03 | Ch. 3: The Peace of Westphalia, 1648 | Pamela Nagami |
00:28:09 |
Play 04 | Ch. 4: The Parliamentary Fronde, 1648-1649 | Pamela Nagami |
00:42:37 |
Play 05 | Ch. 5: The Early Years of the New Fronde, 1649-1651 | Pamela Nagami |
00:45:19 |
Play 06 | Ch. 6: The Close of the Fronde, 1651-1653 | Pamela Nagami |
00:43:09 |
Play 07 | Ch. 7: The Spanish War and the English Alliance, 1648-1659 | Pamela Nagami |
00:41:35 |
Play 08 | Ch. 8: The League of the Rhine and the Peace of the Pyrenees, 1658-1659 | Pamela Nagami |
00:49:03 |
Play 09 | Ch. 9: Mazarin's Death, Character, and Work | Pamela Nagami |
00:41:09 |