The Fronde: A French Revolution, 1648-1652 by Orest A. Ranum

The Fronde: A French Revolution, 1648-1652

Revolutions in the Modern World

Orest A. Ranum

386 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced

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The Fronde was a long period of instability, violence and war that swept France between the years 1648-52 when Mazarin's unpopularity and high taxes marked the outbreak of revolution. The state administrators became lawbreakers as the treasurers d...

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