Henry Morse Stephens

Name: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17 — Mazarin, Jules
Author: Henry Morse Stephens

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

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“1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17 — Mazarin, Jules”, published in 1911, is a work by Henry Morse Stephens. It explores elements such as Mazarin, Louis XIV and Richelieu.

Quotes from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (Henry Morse Stephens)

Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ The Fronde over, Mazarin had to build up afresh the power of France at home and abroad. It is to his shame that he did so little at home. Beyond destroying the brick-and-mortar remains of feudalism, he did nothing for the people. But abroad his policy was everywhere successful, and opened the way for the policy of Louis XIV. He at first, by means of an alliance with Cromwell, recovered the north-western cities of France, though at the price of yielding Dunkirk to the Protector. ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ It is that immense mass of letters that prove the real greatness of the statesman, and disprove De Retz’s portrait, which is carefully arranged to show off his enemy against the might of Richelieu. To concede that the master was the greater man and the greater statesman does not imply that Mazarin was but a foil to his predecessor. It is true that we find none of those deep plans for the internal prosperity of France which shine through Richelieu’s policy. Mazarin was not a Frenchman, but a citizen of the world, and always paid most attention to foreign affairs ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ The man who could have had such success, who could have made the Treaties of Westphalia and the Pyrenees, who could have weathered the storm of the Fronde, and left France at peace with itself and with Europe to Louis XIV., must have been a great man ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ The king evidently could not live long, and to preserve power he must make himself necessary to the queen, who would then be regent, and do this without arousing the suspicions of the king or the distrust of the queen. ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ He had inherited his desire for the humiliation of the house of Austria in both its branches, his desire to push the French frontier to the Rhine and maintain a counterpoise of German states against Austria, his alliances with the Netherlands and with Sweden, and his four theatres of war—on the Rhine, in Flanders, in Italy and in Catalonia. ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ One of them, Potier, bishop of Beauvais, already gave himself airs as prime minister, but Mazarin had had the address to touch both the queen’s heart by his Spanish gallantry and her desire for her son’s glory by his skilful policy abroad, and he found himself able easily to overthrow the clique of Importants, as they were called. That skilful policy was shown in every arena on which the great Thirty Years’ War was being fought out. Mazarin had inherited the policy of France during the Thirty Years’ War from Richelieu. ”

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Henry Morse Stephens, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)

“ Italian though he was by birth, education and nature, France owed him a great debt for his skilful management during the early years of Louis XIV., and the king owed him yet more, for he had not only transmitted to him a nation at peace, but had educated for him his great servants Le Tellier, Lionne and Colbert. Literary men owed him also much ”

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