Probably the most comprehensive study of this historical figure is the 1967 three-volume work of Carl Burckhardt. This man un
Probably the most comprehensive study of this historical figure is the 1967 three-volume work of Carl Burckhardt. This man undertook what he called "the reformation of the third order of the realm" in his political testament, but at first he was forced to flee to Blois in the wake of the murder of Concino Concini. He established the Company of One Hundred Associates, and an attempt to eliminate him was known as the Day of the Dupes. He'd gain plenty of enemies later in his career like Gaston of Orleans and the marquis de Cinq-Mars. Succeeded by Mazarin, FTP, name this chief minister to Louis XIII starting in 1624, a cardinal known as the "Red Eminence."
Probably the most comprehensive study of this historical figure is the 1967 three-volume work of Carl Burckhardt.
Cardinal Richelieu (or Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu)