Mazarin's Quest

by Paul Sonnino

In a provocative study, Paul Sonnino examines the diplomatic negotiations that took place in Westphalia from 1643 to 1648, which brought an end to the agonizing civil and religious conflict of the Thirty Years' War.

Sonnino steps back from myriad historical readings of Westphalia to take the diplomats' intentions and interactions strictly on their own terms. He places the reader alongside the pivotal figure of French minister Jules Cardinal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031822
• ISBN13: 9780674031821
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"