Title: The revolt of the judges; the Parlement of Paris and the Fronde, 1643-1652,
Authors: Moote, A. Lloyd
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 1972
Subjects: France.; Fronde.
Contents: pt. I. Prelude to the Fronde: 1610-1648 -- French Government and Society in 1610 -- Reign of Louis XIII: governmental revolution and the officiers -- Anne of Austria as Regent: faltering leadership and the continuing governmental revolution -- pt. II. Parlementary Fronde: 1643 - 1649 -- Development of an effective opposition -- Chambre Saint Louis and state reform -- Royal siege of Paris: Parlement, nobility and the defense of reform -- pt. III. Noble Fronde: 1649-1652 -- Frondeurs, Condeans, and Mazarinists: a confusion of interests -- Condean Rebellion and parlementary mediation -- Anti-Mazarinist coalition and the fall of Mazarin -- Condean Rebellion, universal anarchy and Royalist revival -- Epilogue : after the Fronde