Richelieu and Reason of State / / William Farr Church.

The problem of the relationship between moral principles and political necessity, of the purposes of power and the justice of means, has always been a central theme in European history. The ministry of Cardinal Richelieu is a focal point for the problem because it existed during a time when the cont...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1973
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1344
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Physical Description:1 online resource (564 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Background
  • Part II. The Controversy over the Valtelline Episode, 1624-1627
  • Part III. Internal Affairs, State-Building, and Attendant Controversies, 1624-1632
  • Part IV. The Climax, 1630-1642
  • Part V. Design for Immortality
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index