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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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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