1613-1680.
The Duke de la Rochefoucauld's Maxims 63
High Station of his House, and its ancient Power 63
Reign of Henry IV. 64
Reign of Louis XIII. 64
Cardinal de Richelieu represses the Ambition of the French
Nobles 64
1643. Anne of Austria, Regent of France 64
Five Years of Peace and Tranquillity 67
1642. Ætat. 29. The Prince de Marsillac (afterwards Duc de la
Rochefoucauld) returns to Paris 63
1644. Battle of Rocroi gained by Condé over the Spaniards 67
Civil War in France 68
The Fronde 68
Barricades of Paris 68
De Retz, Cardinal, Coadjutor of the Archbishopric of Paris 68
Account of the Princes de Condé, de Conti, and their Sister the
Duchess de Longueville 68
1650. Condé and his Brother imprisoned at Vincennes 72
Liberated by the Frondeurs 73
His Actions with Turenne 80
Is defeated by Turenne near Paris 81
Raises the Standard of Rebellion in Holland 82
Peace concluded between the Court and the Fronde 83
Louis XIV. assumes the Government of his Kingdom 83
1653. War of the Fronde terminated, and the Party dissolved 83
1653. Ætat. 40. Duke de la Rochefoucauld retires with his Family to
Danvilliers to recover from his Wounds 83
Recalled by Mazarin to Court 84
Literati in Paris in the Reign of Louis XIV. 85
1680. Ætat. 67. Death of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld 89, 90
Critique on his "Maxims" 91
Memoirs of the Regency of Anne of Austria, Widow of
Louis XIII. 96