HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Pope Paul V, Arman, Lettre De Cachet
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Forger of absolutism in france: richelieu, who made the system work. Richelieu: in thirty years war, saved protestant germany from overly-zealous house of habsburg. Managed to stop chaos of france after henry iv"s death. Saved france from complete encirclement by house of habsburg. Henry"s wife was marie de medici, lived only for her own pleasure, despised her son the king. Louis xiii decided to become king at 16, but decided it would be necessary to have a mentor. Pope worked w/him at making huguenots leave france. 1614: louis called the estates general, richilieu was identified as part of marie de medici"s circle, so r. then returned to recover his career but the king saw him as dangerous & exiled him to avignon. Richilieu was able to recover & grow in power: the queen, detesting her son, climbed out of a window at her chateau & joined a group who was trying to rekindle civil wars that divided fr.
