Under the Rule of the Cardinals, 1624–1661

07/01/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585–1642), considered the mass of Frenchmen simply as animals to be prodded or coerced in ways that were optimal for the French state, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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