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1652 : the cardinal, the prince, and the crisis of the 'Fronde' / David Parrott.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191838828 (ebook) :.Other title: Sixteen fifty-two.Subject(s): Fronde | Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661
| Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 | Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666 | France -- History, Military -- 1643-1715Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198797463DDC classification: 944.033 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Parrott challenges the near-universal notion that the French civil war of 1648-1652 was a predictable, trivial clash between royal forces and ministerial modernity. Instead, he challenges notions about the rule of the Cardinal-Ministers, Mazarin and his predecessor, Richelieu, and their contribution to creating the 'absolutism' of Louis XIV.
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This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Parrott challenges the near-universal notion that the French civil war of 1648-1652 was a predictable, trivial clash between royal forces and ministerial modernity. Instead, he challenges notions about the rule of the Cardinal-Ministers, Mazarin and his predecessor, Richelieu, and their contribution to creating the 'absolutism' of Louis XIV.
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