Richeliu had a policy of total subordination of all groups and institutions to the French monarchy. The nobility was long considered the biggest threat to the centralizing goals of the crown and a strong national state, so Richelieu sought to restrain their power. In 1624, he re-shuffled the royal council and eliminated any threats to power. He dominated the council, leveling castles, long the symbol of feudal independence, and crushed aristocratic conspiracies quickly.
His greatest accomplishment is the administrative system he established, which consisted of royal commissioners, called intendants, that ran the 32 géraliti or districts, France was made up of. They ran special tasks, like financial, judicial, and policing. As intendants' power increased under Richelieu, so did the power of the centralized French state.
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu was the French chief minister from 1624 until his death in 1642.
It symbolizes the power and prestige of the French Empire during its time. Absolutism.
Richelieu
French battleship Richelieu ended in 1967.
Cardinal de Richelieu as chief minister and Secretary of State of France from 1616 until his death in 1642.
French battleship Richelieu was created in 1919-06.
French ironclad Richelieu ended on 1900-03-05.
CARDINAL RICHELIEU, whose proper named is Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac, was the French Cardinal and Prime Minister of France who effectively ruled the country during Louis XIII's reign.
Cardinal Richelieu was a prominent figure in the French government. He served as the Chief Minister under King Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642. Richelieu played a key role in centralizing power in France and strengthening the monarchy.
Louis XIV created the most stunning example of absolutism that ever existed. The Sun King finished what Richelieu started, gathering all of the power together in the hands of one person.
The French Revolution ended the age of absolutism.