Fronde Collection

EVENTS / FRANCE / 1648 FROND
Caricature of bourgeois soldiers involved in the Fronde (a series of revolts against Louis XIV). Date: 1648

EVENTS / FRANCE / MAZARIN
Cartoon against Mazarin at the time of the arrest of a magistrate (the incident which sparked the Fronde) Date: 1648

French bass opera singer Roger as Richard in La Fronde at the Academie Imperiale de Musique.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique

Obin as the Duc de Beaufort in Niedermeyer s
Obin as the Duc de Beaufort in Niedermeyers La Fronde at the Academie Imperiale de Musique.. French bass opera singer Louis-Henri Obin (1820-1895) later became a professor at the Paris Conservatory

Paris, France - La Bastille. Date: 1649

Paris, France - Bastille. Date: circa 1600

Pierre Broussel
PIERRE BROUSSEL - French statesman, councillor of the Paris Parlement, who opposed Mazarins fiscal policy, for which he was arrested, leading to the Fronde popular rising. Date: FLOURISHED 1648

Faubourg Saint Antoine
At the battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Turenne hems in the frondeurs under Conde at the walls of Paris : but the Parisians are persuaded to open the gates to the rebels

Anne and Mazarin
During a (temporary) lull in fighting between the royalist forces and the Frondeurs, the regent, Anne d Autriche, and her unpopulaar minister Mazarin return to Paris

Wars of the Fronde
WARS OF THE FRONDE From the Bastille " La Grande Mademoiselle" Madame de Montpensier orders the young Le Conde to load the cannons aimed at the royalists

LA Fronde / Mole Menaced
La Fronde - Mathieu Mole menaced by the Paris crowd

End of LA Fronde
PARIS PEACEFUL AGAIN The Fronde is suppressed, and Louis XIV is all set for a gloriously absolutist future. Minerva herself descends from Olympos to felicitate him !

Events / France / Fronde
Parisiens attend a meeting against Mazarin during the Fronde

Events / France / 1648 Frond
The Fronde - Battle of Faubourg St. Antoine

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