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Book SynopsisDiscarding the traditional view of the Fronde as an abortive revolution against "absolute monarchy" during the minority of Louis XIV, A. Lloyd Moote analyzes it by studying the ambivalent role of its leading institutional element, the Parlement of Paris. France's highest tribunal, dedicated to law and the principles of royal absolutism, the Parleme
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. xv*One. French Government and Society in 1610, pg. 3*Two. The Reign of Louis XIII: Governmental "Revolution" and the Officiers, pg. 36*Three. Anne of Austria as Regent: Faltering Leadership and the Continuing Governmental Revolution, pg. 64*Four. The Development of an Effective Opposition, pg. 91*Five. The Chambre Saint Louis and State Reform, pg. 125*Five. The Chambre Saint Louis and State Reform 125 Six. The Royal Siege of Paris: Parlement, Nobility, and the Defense of Reform, pg. 177*Seven. Frondeurs, Condeans, and Mazarinists: A Confusion of Interests, pg. 223*Eight. Condean Rebellion and Parlementary Mediation, pg. 254*Nine. The Anti-Mazarinist Coalition and the Fall of Mazarin, pg. 279*Ten. Condean Rebellion, Universal Anarchy, and Royalist Revival, pg. 316*Epilogue: After the Fronde, pg. 355*CONCLUSION, pg. 368*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 377*INDEX, pg. 391
