Cardnal Richelieu: hero or villain? Robert Knecht looks at the `eminence rouge' and considers how his image, carefully crafted during his lifetime, has become that of a demonic schemer.

History Today | March 1, 2003| | Copyright

AMONG FOREIGN STATESMEN OF the past who are well-known to the average educated Briton, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) occupies an almost unique position. He turns up in the most unlikely places, such as Monty Python's Flying Circus and the children's cartoon Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds. Yet his career did not impinge particularly on English history. His role in defeating Buckingham's expedition to the Ile de Re hardly explains the exceptional place he has come to occupy in British historical thinking. The only other foreign statesman who enjoys a comparable status is ...

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