HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Calvinism, Protestantism, Concino Concini
11/11/2015
Lecture 14
Richelieu and Absolutism
A. DU PLESSIS DE RICHELIEU (1585-1642)
LOUIS XIII (1610-1643)
MARIE DE MEDICIS
LA ROCHELLE
GA“TON D’ORLEAN“
CASTELNAUDRY
INTENDANT
LETTRES DE CACHET
• Civil war weakened France—could the kingdom survive it?
• Religion split it into two regions
• Henry 4th came in as king
ended the civil war
eae ko as "the good kig
murdered
• Cardinal Richelieu—difficult to separate from Louis 13th (during his time, the cardinal
was essentially in control of the king)
• Marie de Medicis
Thought the Feh ee’t polished eough
Surrounded herself with Italian advisors
Combination of her Italian chefs and French ingredients gave rise to French
haute cuisine
Lacked principle
Hated her son, the king, young Louis
• Gasto d’Oleas everybody loved him
• Fae had ee uled fo a hile the uee’s tusted faouites, ho did a teile
job and essentially robbed the country
• Louis hated these people
• Huguenots Louis was religious, Pope worked on him to start a war with the
Huguenots
• War went extremely badly, peace was disrupted, Huguenots then owned their own part
of France from their capital
• Richelieu had an older brother, lacked the pressure to turn him into a feudal knight
remarkable personality
• Asked the king to find an appointment for him, he ould’t eause the gu as ol
21 so he rode to Rome and lied, saying he was 23 (which he needed to be), impressed
the Pope with what he knew, was appointed Bishop, then immediately asked for
forgiveness for lying about being 21
• Skill with reputation around Lusson
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• A representative chosen for the clergy was Richelieu
Took advantage of the clergy
Impressive intelligence, capacity for hard work caught attention of queen and
Concini
Patronize young bishop, giving him significant authority
• Richelieu appointed Secretary of State
• Concini murdered, queen banished next year Richelieu tarnished
• Seemed like his career was over
• Tried to make the best of it
• Went to voix (not sure what the city name was, all I caught) and served her for awhile
• All it did was excite concern and distrust of kings party
• Seeing brilliant man close to dangerous queen, decided to get rid of him
• Exiled to France, Avignon
• “eeed as though Rihelieu’s aee as oe
• All of his connections broken, looked on poorly, as a young man seemingly flamed out
early
• Along came a trick that gave him some traction
• Queen after banishment loathed son
Climbed out of window
Joined feudal nobles
Reduce power of crown, increase feudal nobility power
• Seemingly going to be another civil war
• Situation dire, nobody knew how to deal with it without violence
• Kings advisors remembered Richelieu
• Out of anybody who was able to change sides to further ambitions, policy was delivered,
queens side, risk everything Richelieu
• Kings political advisors called him
• Gave him a choice go to queen and convince her to not do civil war or be exiled
• Richelieu wanted something in returnI want to be a cardinal
• Convinced her not to start a war against her son
• Became a cardinal
• Louis 13 stupid but had quality he knew he was stupid
• Needed someone to advise him
• Take responsibility off his shoulders
• Began giving Richelieu more and more power realized how smart he was
• Richelieu could look at complex problems and reduce them to simple causes
• Address 3 crises you are facing
Must do something about protestant minority
Got to do something about the nobles that regained a lot of power and that
almost started a new civil war control, reduce power
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Document Summary
Richelieu and absolutism: du plessis de richelieu (1585-1642) Lettres de cachet: civil war weakened france could the kingdom survive it, religion split it into two regions, henry 4th came in as king. Murdered: cardinal richelieu difficult to separate from louis 13th (during his time, the cardinal was essentially in control of the king, marie de medicis. Combination of her italian chefs and french ingredients gave rise to french haute cuisine. 11/11/2015: a representative chosen for the clergy was richelieu. Impressive intelligence, capacity for hard work caught attention of queen and. Got to do something about the nobles that regained a lot of power and that almost started a new civil war control, reduce power. Richelieu said he would protect all property. Got to pull down the walls, but city was guaranteed integrity. 11/11/2015: nobles had tendency to violence richelieu must stop engagement of violence. Groups of thugs surrounding aristocrat leader vs. another aristocrat leader.
