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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Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocratic revolt
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series of civil wars → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fronde des parlements
→
Fronde des princes → |
| chronologicallyAfter |
Thirty Years' War
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| contributedTo |
strengthening of royal absolutism in France
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| country |
Kingdom of France
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| endTime |
1653
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| followed |
Thirty Years' War
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| followedBy |
personal rule of Louis XIV
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| genre |
political conflict
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| hasCause |
Thirty Years' War financial burdens
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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
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civil war → state formation in early modern Europe → struggle over taxation → |
| influenced |
absolutist rule of Louis XIV
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| languageOfName |
French
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| locatedIn |
France
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| location |
Paris
→
various French provinces → Île-de-France → |
| mainSubject |
conflict between monarchy and nobility
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| 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
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| precededBy |
reign of Louis XIII
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| result |
confirmation of royal fiscal powers
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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
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| timePeriod |
mid-17th century
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Referenced by (13)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Fronde
("Fronde des parlements")
→
Fronde ("Fronde des princes") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Fronde
("Fronde of the Parlement")
→
Fronde ("Fronde of the Princes") → |
hasPart |
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Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti
→
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé → |
participatedIn |
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Cardinal Mazarin
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era |
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Louis XIV of France
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event |
|
Twenty Years After
("the Frondeurs")
→
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hasCharacterGroup |
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Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé
→
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movement |
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Louis Dieudonné
("Fronde civil wars")
→
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notableEvent |
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Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
("the Fronde")
→
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participantIn |
|
Twenty Years After
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settingPeriod |