HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fronde, Parlement, Cardinal Mazarin
23 Oct 2017
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Doesn"t happen everywhere in the kingdom there"s also. France was ruled by kings however they are not much of a factor either because they are too young or not interested in ruling themselves and are being done by others such as the mother or important advisors. Calling the shots for louis xiv as he was pretty young. Responsible for guiding france during the last stages of the 30 years war. Big rebellion that broke out, complicated event that began in paris lead by the parlement. People of paris were upset with king and mazarin and didn"t like the fact that the government were acting in a high handed kind of weigh. He was raising taxes and making important decisions without consulting the old important noble families from the kingdom who sat in the parlement of. Parlement is judiciary body court made up of judges though also have some administrative functions started in france and dutch.
