Fronde

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The Fronde was a series of mid-17th-century French civil wars and aristocratic revolts that challenged royal authority and helped shape the absolutist rule of Louis XIV.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic revolt
series of civil wars
alsoKnownAs Fronde des parlements
Fronde des princes
chronologicallyAfter Thirty Years' War
contributedTo strengthening of royal absolutism in France
country Kingdom of France
endTime 1653
followed Thirty Years' War
followedBy personal rule of Louis XIV
genre political conflict
hasCause Thirty Years' War financial burdens
heavy taxation
noble resistance to centralization
parlementary opposition to royal edicts
popular discontent in Paris
hasEffect discrediting of noble opposition
exile of Cardinal Mazarin
increased reliance on royal bureaucracy
temporary flight of the royal family from Paris
trauma in childhood of Louis XIV
weakening of high nobility's political power
hasPart Fronde of the Parlement
Fronde of the Princes
hasTheme aristocratic rebellion
civil war
state formation in early modern Europe
struggle over taxation
influenced absolutist rule of Louis XIV
languageOfName French
locatedIn France
location Paris
various French provinces
Île-de-France
mainSubject conflict between monarchy and nobility
opposed centralization of royal power
fiscal policies of the crown
royal authority
participant Anne of Austria
Cardinal Mazarin
French nobility
Louis XIV
Parisian populace
Parlement of Paris
Prince de Condé
partOf history of France
precededBy reign of Louis XIII
result confirmation of royal fiscal powers
reassertion of monarchical control over Paris
victory of the royal government
significantEvent Peace of Bordeaux
Peace of Rueil
Treaty of Paris (1651)
arrest of members of the Parlement of Paris in 1648
submission of the princes to royal authority
startTime 1648
timePeriod mid-17th century


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