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1652 : the cardinal, the prince, and the crisis of the 'Fronde' /

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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...

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Main Author: Parrott, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mazarin, Jules, > 1602-1661.
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715.
Anne, > Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, > 1601-1666.
Anne, > Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, > 1601-1666
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715
Mazarin, Jules, > 1602-1661
Fronde.
France > History, Military > 1643-1715.
France > Histoire militaire > 1643-1715.
HISTORY.
France.
Military.
Renaissance.
Fronde
France
1643-1715
Electronic books.
Military history
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • 1652: The Cardinal, the Prince, and the Crisis of the Fronde
  • Copyright
  • Dediction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Dramatis Personae in 1652
  • The Royal Family
  • The Court
  • The Ministers
  • Military commanders initially supporting Mazarin
  • Mazarin's 'allies' (less than committed fidèles)
  • Mazarin's agents, confidants, and fidèles
  • Condé's family, allies, and fidèles
  • The Old Fronde and supporters of the cardinal de Retz
  • The Parlementaires
  • Outside France
  • Bourbon Family Tree
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Printed Primary Sources
  • Secondary Works
  • List of Maps
  • 1 Rethinking 1652
  • Introduction: Legacies, Contingency, and Climate
  • Richelieu, Mazarin and the Origins of the Fronde, 1624-51
  • Richelieu and the système de l'extraordinaire
  • Mazarin, the Regency and the Road to the Fronde
  • 2 Mazarin's Fall
  • The Prince versus the Cardinal
  • Rising tensions: 1646-January 1650
  • The 'Fatal and Unfortunate Day'
  • The Crisis: January/February 1651
  • They know not what they do . . . '
  • 'A muertos y a idos no ay amigos'
  • 3 Condé's Miscalculation and Mazarin's Gamble
  • Condé's Failure to Consolidate His Position
  • Condé's Situation Deteriorates
  • Mazarin's Panic
  • Reactions
  • Actions
  • Bléneau, 6/7 April 1652
  • 4 Towards Stalemate
  • The War Intensifies: From Bléneau to the Combat at the Porte Saint-Antoine
  • Condé, Paris, and the Princes' Army
  • Provincial Unrest
  • Military Breakthrough?
  • The Peace that Failed
  • Stalemate and Mazarin's Second Exile
  • 5 The Cost of Civil War
  • The Military Collapse beyond the Frontiers during 1652
  • Dunkirk
  • Casale-Monferrato
  • Barcelona
  • War and the Subsistence Economy: Soldiers and Peasants
  • 6 Autumn 1652: The Brink of the Precipice?
  • Lost Opportunities
  • The September Campaign
  • A Last Chance for Settlement?
  • The Trap Closes
  • Conclusion: Transactional Politics and the Cankered Decade: France in the 1650s
  • The Cankered DecadeHow far could this legacy of building and maintaining parties,
  • Bibliography
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Printed Sources
  • Memoires and Journals
  • Pamphlets
  • General
  • Secondary Sources
  • Chronology
  • Index