France in the Thirty Years' War -- myArmoury.com

Andrew M. · Posted: Thu 17 Nov, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: France in the Thirty Years' War

Does anyone know of some good books or papers about why France stayed out of the war/entered when it did for a research paper? I have access to databases like JSTOR and EBSCO if anyone knows of anything, but searching "France" and "Thirty Years War" got me nothing for ten pages in JSTOR. Looking primarily for peer reviewed research.

Thanks,
Andrew

Lafayette C Curtis · Posted: Tue 22 Nov, 2011 4:30 am Post subject:

I remember having a bit of luck when searching for "Richelieu" and "foreign policy" on this subject.

Stephane Rabier · Posted: Tue 22 Nov, 2011 9:21 am Post subject:

Hi,
yes, he was fighting the French Protestant armies, persecuting the French Protestant civilians and at the same time supporting the Protestant countries just to unstabilize Spain and Austria, a funny guy... WTF?!