La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652 . ery of European life. By Richelieus wisepolicy France regained dominion in Alsace and inthe greater part of the Rhenish country, the armiesof France took possession of central Germany, theItalian passes, which had been closed to the menof France, were opened to them, and large terri-tories in upper Italy were seized and placed underFrench control; and the changes were wrought,not by a temporary invasion, but by orderly andskilfully planned campaigns. • ••••••• The Cardinals power had been made manifesteverywhere. His rule had been to the glory ofFrance. Amon
La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652 . ery of European life. By Richelieus wisepolicy France regained dominion in Alsace and inthe greater part of the Rhenish country, the armiesof France took possession of central Germany, theItalian passes, which had been closed to the menof France, were opened to them, and large terri-tories in upper Italy were seized and placed underFrench control; and the changes were wrought,not by a temporary invasion, but by orderly andskilfully planned campaigns. • ••••••• The Cardinals power had been made manifesteverywhere. His rule had been to the glory ofFrance. Among other important results were thetriumphs of the French navies ; the fleets, havingproved their strength in the Ligurian Sea, hadmenaced the ports of Spain. The Ligurian Penin-sula had been rent asunder by the revolt of twolarge provinces, one of which had arisen proclaim-ing its independent rights as a kingdom. Therewas, there had been, no end to Richelieus diplo-matic improvements ; his victories had carried ruin. MARQUIS DE CINQ MARS La Grande Mademoiselle 213 o to the enemy ; the skirmishers of France had ad-vanced to a point within two leagues of Croquemitaine of France, who held in terrorboth the Court and the canaille, had assured theBourbons of an important place among the empiresof the world. The day of Spain was past; theday of France was come. A great fete marked this period of power andglory. Richelieu was a man of many ambitions, andhe aspired to the admiration of all of the popu-lation ; he had extended his protecting arms overliterature and the lettered ; he had founded theFrench Academy; but he was not content; hewas a man of too much independence and oftoo enterprising a mind to leave all the literaryhonours to the doctors of the law or to his medi-ums, Corneille and Rotrou, whose lines of workhe fixed to follow a plan outlined to suit his ownideas. Usually, Richelieus intellectual ambitionswere quiescent, but at times the pedant, do
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