Richelieu And Olivares: The Quest For European Domination

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given equal time.”(6). This book attempts
to demonstrate the chess match between Richelieu and Olivares in which
there was to be only one winner. The book compared the two leaders to show
what conflicts the two men had, how they dealt with them, what they thought
of each other and why one came out on top of the other. “They shared many
of the same problems; they came up with many of the same answers; and in
the end they reached the conclusion that the world was too small to contain
them both.” (6).

The first time that the book notes an unfriendly atmosphere between
Richelieu and Olivares came after the War of Mantuan Succession. The two
men blamed each other for the problems incurred as a result of the conflict.
“Richelieu's journal for the early months of 1631 shows him receiving
reports to the effect that Olivares held him responsible for all Spain's
misfortunes and would shrink from no ‘crime or artiface' to destroy him”
(114). The Cardinal did not think of Olivares very ...

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