Fronde Begins
August 26, 1648
The Parlement of Paris defied the regent Anne of Austria and Mazarin over new taxes. Barricades went up in the streets; the royal family fled the city twice. The Fronde, a five-year aristocratic and judicial revolt against centralizing royal power, would traumatize the young Louis XIV for life and convince him that Paris must never again threaten the throne.
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.