The whole city was in an uproar.Continuing French Fronde Outbreak,our selection from Mazarin by Arthur Hassall published in 1903. The selection is
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The Fronde’s Demands
In attacking a wasteful administration and a ruinous system of taxation, the Fronde movement is deserving of respect.Continuing French Fronde
Why the Fronde Would Fail
Thus the principal cause of the failure of the Fronde movement was apparent from the first.Continuing French Fronde Outbreak,our selection from
French Fronde Outbreak
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Treaty of Westphalia Ends the Thirty Years War.IntroductionBy the
Death of King John
Today's installment concludes The Magna Carta Signed,our selection from History of England From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 8
In the autumn of 1677 he left the fort in charge of his lieutenant, descended the St. Lawrence to Quebec, and sailed for France.Previously in The
King John Counter-Attacks the Supporters of the Magna Charta
The King, marching through the whole extent of England, from Dover to Berwick, laid the provinces waste on each side of him.Continuing The Magna
Enforcing the Magna Charta
John seemed to submit passively to all these regulations, however injurious to majesty.Continuing The Magna Carta Signed,our selection from
Principal Clauses of the Magna Charta
Clauses which the barons for their own sake and for the benefit of the whole community.Continuing The Magna Carta Signed,our selection from