HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Cardinal Mazarin, Proverb
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Soldiers came up with proverb of their own. Princess and rulers of petty states gained full independence. Establish permanent embassies, borders, security and solve minor frictions that may have led to further wars. Habsburg powers (spain and austria) could not reunite again. Crucial for spain vs france 11 more years. France largest and most populous - 19-20 mil. Centralized burocracy - plenty of money in terms of taxation - richest state. After cardinal mazarin died louis xiv declared himself the chief minister of the state. Saw himself as the apex of french society. French was to be recognized as the apex of europe, as the most christian state. 1661 - 20 years to build a palace. Louis wanted to move out of paris to build it. Louis wanted to show the world that france = king via pursuit of glorywar! Too narrow of a viewmain goal was hre become emperor to raise prestige.
