What was the Fronde?

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The Fronde was a civil war in France, occuring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War. Fronde was 1648-53 Franco-Spanish War was 1635-59 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fronde Feb 15 10, 12:23 AM

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The Fronde (1648–1653) was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling, which Parisian mobs used to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin. The Fronde was divided into two campaigns, the Fronde of the parlements and the Fronde of the nobles. The timing of the outbreak of the Fronde des parlements, directly after the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years War, was significant. The nucleus of armed bands under aristocratic leaders that terrorized parts of France had been hardened in a generation of war in Germany where the autonomy of troop operations were still prevalent. Louis XIV, with the experience of the Fronde still fresh, came to reorganize French fighting forces under a stricter hierarchy whose leaders ultimately could made or unmade by the King. Thus the Fronde finally resulted in the disempowerment of the territorial aristocracy and the emergence of absolute monarchy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fronde Feb 15 10, 12:23 AM