Richelieu and the Councillors of Louis XIII: A Study of the Secretaries of State and Superintendents of Finance in the Ministry of Richelieu, 1635-1642

Table of contents

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• Title Page vii
• Preface ix
• CONTENTS xi
• List of Plates xii
• I - The King and His Ministers 10
• II - The Creatures of Cardinal Richelieu 27
• III - The Secretaries of State 45
• IV - Léon le Bouthillier, Comte de Chavigny, Secretary of State with the Department of Foreign Affairs 77
• V - François Sublet de Noyers, Secretary of State for War 100
• VI - The Superintendents of Finance 120
• VII - Claude de Bullion, Superintendent of Finance 143
• VIII - Claude le Bouthillier, Superintendent of Finance 166
• Conclusion 181
• Appendix A - The Règlements of the Secretaries of State for the Reign of Louis XIII 185
• APPENDIX B - Two Documents concerning the Office of Superintendent of Finance in the 1630's 195
• Index 207