Dignified Retreat Writers and Intellectuals in the Age of Richelieu

Dignified Retreat Writers and Intellectuals in the Age of Richelieu
- ISBN 13:
9780192863164
- ISBN 10:
0192863169
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 07/01/2022
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
the emergence of a strong centralized monarchy. They depended on both the traditional aristocracy and the king's powerful minister, Cardinal Richelieu. But despite this dependency, these writers and intellectuals maintained a degree of independence and, more significantly, were the prime movers in crucial cultural developments that are too often identified with royal initiatives. For example, the author demonstrates that the Académie française, founded in 1635 by Richelieu, often considered formative in French cultural history, was actually more the result of the creative initiatives of these men of letters, which the savvy Cardinal only managed to co-opt and turn to the purposes of the crown.