Resolvtion Dv Roy : En Son Conseil. Svr Le Departement du Legat

Abstract

This pamphlet gives the details of a meeting of the King's Council in which a discussion of the Valtelline took place. By 1625, this strategically located Valtelline had been virtually handed to Spain. Hence, no land communication existed between France and the Venetian Republic or the Italian princes. The pamphlet reports that at this meeting the discussion went on for some time until Richelieu, who had been standing in a corner, approached the King with a plan to make peace - for the time being - until the religious strife in France could be overcome. The tone of the pamphlet is as if Richelieu himself wrote it. (In fact, one of the propogandists in his service probably did write it.) ; Electronic reproduction ; 12 p. ; 17 cm.