The Grand Condé in exile by Inglis-Jones, J, Inglis-Jones, James John

“…The period saw the final stage of the costly and attritional conflict between the two 'great' crowns, whilst in France the regime of Cardinal Mazarin was the last ten years of government by a cardinal-minister before Louis XIV's declaration of personal rule in 1661. …”

Diplomacy and the religious question: Mazarin, Cromwell and the treaties of 1655 and 1657 by David L. SMITH

“…This paper explores the diplomatic negotiations that led up to the two treaties between Cardinal Mazarin and Oliver Cromwell in November 1655 and March 1657, and that then surrounded the operation of that alliance in practice until Cromwell’s death in September 1658. …”
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Titien, poète de l'entre-deux mondes: pour une nouvelle approche de la Vénus du Pardo by Emmanuel Ussel

“…Il est peu de tableaux conservés de Titien sur lesquels nous soyons aujourd’hui mieux renseignés que la Vénus du Pardo[Fig. 1], toile de très grandes dimensions (la plus grande jamais peinte par le maître) dont les nombreuses vicissitudes matérielles, riches en tribulations, constituent en soi une importante source de renseignements: pour des raisons encoremal élucidées la composition demeura inachevée dans l’atelier du peintre pendant presqu’un demi-siècle, manqua de disparaître dans un incendie, passa de la collection royale d’Espagne à celle de Charles Ier d’Angleterre, avant d’être rachetée par un colonel anglais, qui la vendit à prix d’or au cardinal Mazarin, que son neveu, semble-t-il choqué par la nudité de la femme endormie au premier plan, décida finalement de céder à Louis XIV1. …”
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Robert Nanteuil : portraitiste rémois au siècle de Louis XIV by Audrey Adamczak

“…The portraitist from Champagne’s recognition and favour was no less at court, where he gained a good reputation, initially with Cardinal Mazarin and Chancellor Séguier, then with Louis XIV, who spared neither attention nor his satisfaction, issuing titles and privileges. …”
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The “State Interest” and Humanitarian Diplomacy of Oliver Cromwell by L. I. Ivonina

“…Aware of the complicated domestic political situation in France and of the goals of French foreign policy, he was sure that Prime Minister Cardinal Mazarin was unlikely to give up the alliance with London in response to the London’s support of the Protestant subjects of the Duke of Savoy. …”
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THE ORLEANS EPISODE OFMADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER’SMEMOIRS AND THE IDEAL OF HEROIC FEMINISM by Svetlana Yu. Pavlova

“…During the Fronde des Nobles, haven confirmed her power over the city of Orleans, Mademoiselle tried to demonstrate that the nobles were the King’s true support and that she was in opposition to Cardinal Mazarin. The article analyzes the way the narrator’s actions in the city are described in the Memoirs in the light of the concept of Jeanne d’Arc as the greatest champion of French national interest, promoted in historiography, drama (Vernulz, d’Aubignac etc.), and fiction (Beroalde de Verville). …”
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