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Parlementary Fronde

Type Event Region Europe Time 1648–1649

The Parlementary Fronde, which broke out in 1648, was the first phase of the French civil wars of the Fronde.

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  1. 1648Paris Parlement · ParisMazarin's government issued several new tax edicts requiring the Paris Parlement to register them. The court refused to comply, citing the need to review finances and protect the rights of subjects, bringing judicial power and royal power into direct conflict over taxation.
  2. 1648Paris · Île-de-FranceThe royal order to arrest four councillors, including Broussel, provoked mass demonstrations in Paris. The next day barricades covered the city, the regency government was forced to back down, releasing the arrested councillors and withdrawing the garrison, and the Parlementary Fronde entered a phase of open confrontation.
  3. 1648–1649Paris and its surroundings · Île-de-FranceIn the summer of 1648 the royal forces briefly besieged Paris; through negotiations the two sides reached the Peace of Rueil in early 1649, temporarily ending the first phase of the Parlementary Fronde, though the fundamental conflict between royal power and the Parlement was not eradicated.

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