HIST1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Self-Ownership, Constitutionalism, New Men
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France was coming together under the figure of the monarch. Geographically and politically there is a very unified country. Cardinal richelieu (raison d" tat: reason of state protect france. Makes steps toward absolute, royal power: very popular since he unified territory and people like him. Domestically speaking, louis xiii go a long way in dealing with the finances of. France: taking the lower orders at much higher rates, not sustainable program, richelieu and louis make the finances make sense. Cardinal mazarin italian by birth but an employee of the french court. Not savvy in brokering policy: richelieu was good at charming and smoothing egos. Mazarin demands that the nobility cough up more money: pushback from the nobility. Pushback from the nobility on these policies. He, like the sun, is the political center of france: all sovereignty rests in him. Traditionally, politicians have a certain kind of charisma.
