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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820606903321

Autore

Sonnino Paul

Titolo

Mazarin's quest : the Congress of Westphalia and the coming of the Fronde / / Paul Sonnino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-04386-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Classificazione

NN 3920

Disciplina

940.2/42

Soggetti

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 - Diplomatic history

Fronde

Statesmen - France

France Foreign relations 1643-1715

France History Louis XIV, 1643-1715

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Legacies -- 2. The Queen's Beloved -- 3. Dissensions in Westphalia -- 4. The French Show Their Hand -- 5. The Emperor Gives Way -- 6. The Defection of the Dutch -- 7. Playing the Blame Game -- 8. Waiting for the Verdict -- 9. The Coming of the Fronde -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sonnino examines the diplomatic negotiations that took place in Westphalia from 1643 to 1648, which brought an end to the agonizing civil and religious conflict of the Thirty Years' War.