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May 20, 2024 · In 1653 Mazarin was victorious over the rebels and then proceeded to construct an extraordinary administrative apparatus with Louis as his pupil. The young king also acquired Mazarin’s partiality for the arts, elegance, and display. Although he had been proclaimed of age, the king did not dream of disputing the cardinal’s absolute power.
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May 16, 2024 · Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; but best known as Cardinal Mazarin (July 14, 1602 - March 9, 1661) served as the chief minister of France; from 1642, until his death. Mazarin succeeded Cardinal Richelieu. As Louis XIII died in 1643, and Louis XIV was only a child -- Mazarin functioned essentially as the ruler of France.
May 10, 2024 · Louis XIII (born September 27, 1601, Fontainebleau, France—died May 14, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was the king of France from 1610 to 1643, who cooperated closely with his chief minister, the Cardinal de Richelieu, to make France a leading European power. The eldest son of King Henry IV and Marie de Médicis, Louis succeeded to the throne ...
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6 days ago · It is sometimes referred to as the Mazarin Bible because the first copy described by bibliographers was located in the Paris library of Cardinal Mazarin. The Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings (1377), also known as Jikji , was printed in Korea 78 years before the Gutenberg Bible and is recognized as the world’s oldest extant ...
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2 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
4 days ago · It was a prestigious publication in large format (35.9 x 23.5 cm), with Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) contributing the frontispiece image and a set of initials, all engraved by Claude Mellan (1598-1688). A copy was presented by Cardinal Mazarin to Queen Christine of Sweden.
1 day ago · The word “android”, derived from Greek roots meaning “manlike”, was the coinage of Gabriel Naudé, French physician and librarian, personal doctor to Louis XIII, and later architect of the forty-thousand-volume library of Cardinal Jules Mazarin. Naudé was a rationalist and an enemy of superstition.
