The financial, judicial, and commercial administration of the kingdom was regulated, and measures were taken to check arbitrary arrests and to reform
Paris Revolts for the Fronde
The whole city was in an uproar.Continuing French Fronde Outbreak,our selection from Mazarin by Arthur Hassall published in 1903. The selection is
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
Parkman Vol. 2, Chapter 26
Suddenly an uproar of voices, shrill with terror, burst upon the languid silence of the town. "The Iroquois! the Iroquois!"Previously in The Jesuits
Parkman Vol. 2, Chapter 25
Here was the center and base of the Huron missions; and now, for once, one must wish that Jesuit pens had been more fluent.Previously in The Jesuits
Peace Negotiations with Iroquois
Despite such petty triumphs, the Hurons felt themselves on the verge of ruin.Previously in The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth