Opis: A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Ranke Leopold von

Excerpt from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2

If we consider the embarrassment in which Charles I had been involved by his conduct of the war, we are tempted to assume that, in order to extricate himself from it, he must have opened negotiations with the two great powers with which he was at war whilst they were still at variance with one another. This however was not the case.

Negotiations with France were opened at the instigation of the powers combined to resist Spain, between which an agreement had first been set on foot by James I, and had been renewed by Buckingham. Those powers regarded the breach between England and France as a misfortune, which they must endeavour to obviate if they would carry on the war against Austria and Spain with full vigour. The Republic of Venice, which felt itself most seriously threatened by these powers, made a great point of promoting a reconciliation between France and England by the agency of its ambassadors.

A few days before his unhappy end, Buckingham withdrew with the Venetian ambassador, Aluise Contarini, into a retired chamber in one of his country-houses, and there concerted with him a letter of pacific import to his brother envoy in France, for him to communicate to the French court.

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Nazwa: A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Ranke Leopold von
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330513828
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 562
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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