1652 : The Cardinal, the Prince, and the Crisis of The 'Fronde'
Parrott challenges the near-universal notion that the French civil war of 1648-1652 was a predictable, trivial clash between royal forces and ministerial modernity. Instead, he challenges notions about the rule of the Cardinal-Ministers, Mazarin and his predecessor, Richelieu, and their contribution...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
2020
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| Schlagworte: | Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Parrott challenges the near-universal notion that the French civil war of 1648-1652 was a predictable, trivial clash between royal forces and ministerial modernity. Instead, he challenges notions about the rule of the Cardinal-Ministers, Mazarin and his predecessor, Richelieu, and their contribution to creating the 'absolutism' of Louis XIV. Cover -- 1652: The Cardinal, the Prince, and the Crisis of the Fronde -- Copyright -- Dediction -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Dramatis Personae in 1652 -- The Royal Family -- The Court -- The Ministers -- Military commanders initially supporting Mazarin -- Mazarin's 'allies' (less than committed fidèles) -- Mazarin's agents, confidants, and fidèles -- Condé's family, allies, and fidèles -- The Old Fronde and supporters of the cardinal de Retz -- The Parlementaires -- Outside France -- Bourbon Family Tree -- List of Abbreviations -- Manuscript Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Secondary Works -- List of Maps -- 1 Rethinking 1652 -- Introduction: Legacies, Contingency, and Climate -- Richelieu, Mazarin and the Origins of the Fronde, 1624-51 -- Richelieu and the système de l'extraordinaire -- Mazarin, the Regency and the Road to the Fronde -- 2 Mazarin's Fall -- The Prince versus the Cardinal -- Rising tensions: 1646-January 1650 -- The 'Fatal and Unfortunate Day' -- The Crisis: January/February 1651 -- They know not what they do . . . ' -- 'A muertos y a idos no ay amigos' -- 3 Condé's Miscalculation and Mazarin's Gamble -- Condé's Failure to Consolidate His Position -- Condé's Situation Deteriorates -- Mazarin's Panic -- Reactions -- Actions -- Bléneau, 6/7 April 1652 -- 4 Towards Stalemate -- The War Intensifies: From Bléneau to the Combat at the Porte Saint-Antoine -- Condé, Paris, and the Princes' Army -- Provincial Unrest -- Military Breakthrough? -- The Peace that Failed -- Stalemate and Mazarin's Second Exile -- 5 The Cost of Civil War -- The Military Collapse beyond the Frontiers during 1652 -- Dunkirk -- Casale-Monferrato -- Barcelona -- War and the Subsistence Economy: Soldiers and Peasants -- 6 Autumn 1652: The Brink of the Precipice? -- Lost Opportunities -- The September Campaign -- A Last Chance for Settlement?. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780192518033 0192518038 9780198797463 019879746X |