. Twenty centuries of Paris . PALACE OF THE COURT OF HONOR OF NATIONAL page 272. PARIS OF RICHELIEU 251 however, giving to the Protestants religiousliberty and civil rights. Abroad the cardinalspolicies brought territory and prestige to thecrown. Louis lived but a scant half year longer thanRichelieu. The kings whole life was passedunder the domination of a determined mother,Marie de Medicis, and a masterful prime min-ister. It would have required a stronger per-sonality than his to make itself felt, thoughRubens has recorded in a series of pictures nowin the Louvre th
. Twenty centuries of Paris . PALACE OF THE COURT OF HONOR OF NATIONAL page 272. PARIS OF RICHELIEU 251 however, giving to the Protestants religiousliberty and civil rights. Abroad the cardinalspolicies brought territory and prestige to thecrown. Louis lived but a scant half year longer thanRichelieu. The kings whole life was passedunder the domination of a determined mother,Marie de Medicis, and a masterful prime min-ister. It would have required a stronger per-sonality than his to make itself felt, thoughRubens has recorded in a series of pictures nowin the Louvre the quarrels and reconciliations ofthe royal family. His only interests were hawk-ing, drilling soldiers, and craftsmanship in was terribly bored most of the time, ap-parently without any initiative toward remedyingthe situation. His court reflected his own disposi-tion and was incredibly dull, though ordered inetiquette and brilliant in garb. It is to the regent and the cardinal and not tothe king that Paris was indebted for the manyembellish
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