HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Castelnaudary
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Louis xiii was not favored amongst the people of this time, everyone tended to wonder about the man that was incredibly distrustful and not very well educated. Louis hated his mother and her friends (especially the italians) and his mother disliked him. At the age of 16, he ordered _____ to be murdered. Louis decided to become king, he didn"t have any of the capability to become so though. He had decided that he needed someone to give good council. Richelieu wanted to be a bishop, he couldn"t because he was only 21 and you had to be 22 or 23, went to the pope and lied, became a bishop, asked for forgiveness. The queen detested her son, so she joined a group that would attempt to restart the french. Even though he had absolutely nothing to bargain with, he would do it under one condition. He then appointed the chief minster of the crown.