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Richelieu and Reason of State
By (Author) William Farr Church
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political structure and processes
944.032092
Paperback
564
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
765g
The problem of the relationship between moral principles and political necessity, of the purposes of power and the justice of means, has always been a central theme in European history. The ministry of Cardinal Richelieu is a focal point for the problem because it existed during a time when the continuing strength of religiously based political ide