Complex sentence: The bagne was created in 1748 by an ordinance of King Louis XV in 1748 to house the convicts who had previously been sentenced to row the galleys of the French Mediterranean fleet.
Split into simpler sentences: The bagne was created in 1748 by an ordinance of King Louis XV in 1748. Roumagnac, pg.17 77 to house the convicts who had previously been sentenced to row the galleys of the French Mediterranean fleet.