The Fronde: A French Revolution, 1648-1652

by Orest A. Ranum

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 declined tax payments, bringing the administrative machinery to a near-halt. The judges of Paris refused to hear cases and it became a contest of wills between the ministry and the crown. After this occurred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393035506
• ISBN13: 9780393035506
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"