This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: On the Road to Lutzen.IntroductionNo actor in the Thirty Years' War
Agreement Reached at Rueil
Today's installment concludes Treaty of Westphalia Ends Thirty Years War,our selection from Mazarin by Arthur Hassall published in 1903.If you
Mazarin Wins at Westphalia
The financial, judicial, and commercial administration of the kingdom was regulated, and measures were taken to check arbitrary arrests and to reform
Paris Revolts for the Fronde
The whole city was in an uproar.Continuing French Fronde Outbreak,our selection from Mazarin by Arthur Hassall published in 1903. The selection is
The Fronde’s Demands
In attacking a wasteful administration and a ruinous system of taxation, the Fronde movement is deserving of respect.Continuing French Fronde
Why the Fronde Would Fail
Thus the principal cause of the failure of the Fronde movement was apparent from the first.Continuing French Fronde Outbreak,our selection from
French Fronde Outbreak
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Treaty of Westphalia Ends the Thirty Years War.IntroductionBy the
Richelieu Enters The Thirty Years War
by Jack Le MoineCardinal Richelieu sees an opportunity and takes it. Continuing our series on France's Wars. Did you ever notice that in
Germany Decimated
Today's installment concludes The Thirty Years War,the name of our combined selection from Samuel R. Gardiner and Charles F. Horne. The concluding