Cardinal Marazin Notes
(French Revolution/Napoleon) Enlightenment Salon
Guest Description
Cardinal Mazarin
I am Cardinal Jules Mazarin of France; I was French cardinal and diplomat who served as chief minister of France from 1642 to the year of my death 1661. I first came involved with church when I joined the Jesuit order after attending the Jesuit college of Rome. During my service with the papal forces I came into favor with many important figures such as Pope Urban VIII for excellent diplomatic skills. I later entered the French court and studied my mentor and predecessor, chief minister cardinal Richelieu, who saw me as a valuable asset for my diplomatic skills and used me to solve many of political issues of King Louis XIII. After resolving countless disputes I was promoted to the rank of cardinal in 1641and was quickly given rank of chief minister a year later. Alongside the de facto French monarch at the time, Anne of Austria; I effectively directed the French policy. As chief minister, I continued Richelieu’s anti-Hapsburg policies and set the foundation for King Louis XIV’s expansionist beliefs. In the conclusion of Thirty Years’ War with Peace of Westphalia, I maintained more French than Catholic policies to ensure France new land such as Alsace and Roussillon. Though I clearly put country ahead of fate I also tried to prevent the spread of new faith through France by making false promises of new rights to Huguenots coupled with delays to those promises. I also had great disdain for Jansenism and its beliefs. When dealing with the French nobility, I tried to ensure that their power was strictly limited so the monarch could maintain control. I also rejected many reformary demands made by parliament in order to preserve absolute power for the monarchy; such demands I refused included reducing taxation, forbidding all new taxes without the consent of the parliament, no imprisonment without trial, and limiting the creation of new offices of state. Conclusively my actions
Guest Description
Cardinal Mazarin
I am Cardinal Jules Mazarin of France; I was French cardinal and diplomat who served as chief minister of France from 1642 to the year of my death 1661. I first came involved with church when I joined the Jesuit order after attending the Jesuit college of Rome. During my service with the papal forces I came into favor with many important figures such as Pope Urban VIII for excellent diplomatic skills. I later entered the French court and studied my mentor and predecessor, chief minister cardinal Richelieu, who saw me as a valuable asset for my diplomatic skills and used me to solve many of political issues of King Louis XIII. After resolving countless disputes I was promoted to the rank of cardinal in 1641and was quickly given rank of chief minister a year later. Alongside the de facto French monarch at the time, Anne of Austria; I effectively directed the French policy. As chief minister, I continued Richelieu’s anti-Hapsburg policies and set the foundation for King Louis XIV’s expansionist beliefs. In the conclusion of Thirty Years’ War with Peace of Westphalia, I maintained more French than Catholic policies to ensure France new land such as Alsace and Roussillon. Though I clearly put country ahead of fate I also tried to prevent the spread of new faith through France by making false promises of new rights to Huguenots coupled with delays to those promises. I also had great disdain for Jansenism and its beliefs. When dealing with the French nobility, I tried to ensure that their power was strictly limited so the monarch could maintain control. I also rejected many reformary demands made by parliament in order to preserve absolute power for the monarchy; such demands I refused included reducing taxation, forbidding all new taxes without the consent of the parliament, no imprisonment without trial, and limiting the creation of new offices of state. Conclusively my actions