Show r THE WORLDS 0 GREAT EVENTS ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE fc U L i i W by add md CD compaan aj richelieu haild bitant and put patriot pu tiloi riot conspirator und foe to 1 priest and plan nun of blood toodler and cardinal great und greater oppressor generous patron of und and per squally a literary failure these in brief are tile calef of armand jean du plessis Ili asla cardinal aud and duke de richelieu the inan who held all france in tho the hollow or of tits lilb hand tor for a quarter century and who dio did more than ills share towards chon gilig the destiny and li letory of the world henry IV had quieted th tho quarrels between catholics and huguenots Huguen had built up tip the nation that luxl fill been so Be se vercy verey battered by long war ur and had bud paved tile the way fr fer modern nicil rn progress rut but in the height of its career ile he had been murdered ills ilia in ili fant bon aon loula succeeded ailin and during the lads minority tile the queen mother marie de medici and the ille butters italian friends were in pro practical c aleal control As AB it a result file th treat great nobles waxed unduly powerful arrogant und and of royal coin mand abuses of 0 anally sorts crept fript into tin tit state the glorious glo ilous ruila ri alm built up by hirv IV to weaken arid fall prey to foreign lii lueien when I 1 coulst XIII grew to there scant chance lii inic for better merit ment lie wan weak Ils lazy lav stupid with little thought thou Klit or cure care for his count rys bent Inci esiR it wal at this critical moment that richelieu appeared on tile scene richelieu hit lidid bf b en n educated for tile the army lut but on oil ills his eldr elder brothers brother 4 lentil in IW had become bishop of lucon I 1 acon ucon at tile tho of twenty one clie hut but tile church except us BS its ita furthered his ambitious held ln ld no for the boy bishop for far amity in ili barlit glittered the guy court and that lint court became hla bill goal eoal thither ike he went its as clerical deputy for general in 0 o 1014 1614 and there he stayed lie won I 1 the interest of the queen noab mother r and by her influence wits mode secretary of 0 state tat tor for war and foreign affairs barely had and he be begun tits his political climb when owing to ourt court politics he was disgraced and banished from paris but in 1620 he returned and two years later became cardinal from thence on he was waa the foremost power in the state he set met to work at once tearing to pieces frances flimsy political fabric and remodeling it on a new basis by execution banishment and imprisonment he be cut down the privileges and growing p strength of the great nobles lie demolished their mighty fortresses forli forti esses and cur curtailed their feudal rights tile the power thus snatched from them was added to the crown next he assailed tile the huguenots Huguen besieging the city of rochelle their stronghold and rallying rail ing place rutland sent provisions to the besieged tut tat richelieu cut off the sup ply forcing a surrender by thus adding to the lie might of the crown and cutting culling away all forces that threatened to rival or weaken it rich elleu was nas really strengthening him self elf for lie h hud and not the puppet louis XIII was actual ruler of france having disposed of foes at home richelieu next moved to check the power of the Haps burga burgs in austria and spain siding aiding the german and swedish protestants in the thirty years war with it cheerful disregard to the fact that he had just juat tried to wreck protestantism in france it was also by his contrivance that portugal in 1010 separated from spain meantime louis XIU feared and hated lUche richelieu lleti and would gladly line have rid the earth of he been able to govern france without the car danals aid but he could not get on without richelieu and it was pleas ant while leading nn an idle life to know another was wan making tits his kingdom the he greatest Irrea test in all Eu aurolie rolie the nobles whose privileges the i ordinal cardinal hild had cur curtailed the itie soldiery Kold lery rind and gallants whose duels he be had for bidden on pain of death tile lie court and the tie king all detested richelieu the ahe queen mother who had lauti clied tiani ahu in ili his career turned ngali it ut hini he wrecked tier ber political pockar tit at on one blow the inlet again and agail conspired to oNer overthrow throw or assassinate him lie he cut off the conspirators head TI the le clergy c and parliament lit at ills his tyranny lie put ad dit ional checks becks on them ano bobic men inen aln mars and ile de hun plotted hit his downfall and there mn can lie little doubt king louis was arlu to their I 1 plot richelieu had the two executed ed and the king dared biot defend then allum with iron hand l arro tr antly yet et ever wisely ahn strange man swayed the lie destinies of frai frame ice MR king her powerful tit at home and ter I 1 al abroad road crashing out feudalism j bull building ding up a centralized centra llred royal power conducting an incredibly brilliant for eign policy ile he was no an ardent or of arts art and culture and was author of some of tte oe most poorly written poems and dramas drama of his day dav yet el of these wretched literary efforts lie he 1 Is said to have hae been prouder than of till wondrous statecraft in december 1612 1042 16 12 he alel having placed france on a pinnacle of great ness that wits was the en envy of tile tie wold nis ills puppet and dupe loail XIII mil IP de priced of the man who hid had so lot ii been his muster master and who li had id mode in irie hl reign famous died a few m alk i late leaving a son Bon louls Louis XIV eliose fu fit lure grent greatness nes was int h due to lo th i of that I 1 reyntle P it n it s ceniu richelieu the roan who wa created than the king |