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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII VINCBNT DE PAUL DURING THE FRONDE--CONSTITUTIONS FORMALLY GIVEN TO THE GREAT "CEUVRES"-- LAST YEARS O all outward appearance the Fronde is one of * the most brilliant and interesting periods of the seventeenth century. Noble ladies and great generals, prelates and courtiers, grave magistrates and adventurers of every class meet confusedly in the most picturesque of milees; for once politics are as amusing as a romance of chivalry. Moreover no epoch was more productive of memoirs equally remarkable for their wit and the liveliness of style; they include one of the masterpieces of the French language, the "Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz," which have become classical as a finished model of keen observation and biting irony. But beneath this varied exterior is hidden a substratum of suffering and unhappiness which has been too long ignored, and which casts a sinister shadow over the brilliant actors in the drama. It has been dragged to light by the historical researches of late years, and after their perusal it is not difficult to understand the attitude assumed by Vincent de 1649-1660 Paul at this mournful crisis, nor his constant efforts to bring back peace and put an end to a struggle, of whose terrible consequences he was so near a spectator. Vincent de Paul, a protege of the Gondis in his youth, the tutor of the famous Cardinal, openly attached to what was then called the party of the Saints, almost all the members of which were notoriously hostile to Mazarin, and sided with the Fronde, Vincent de Paul, I repeat, belonged naturally to the Frondeurs. But, on the other hand, he was a member of the Council of Conscience, entirely devoted to the regent, who gave him her confidence,-- we might almost say showed him deference--and he entertained no doubt...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150480629
- ISBN 13 9781150480621
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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