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
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
Contemporary Memoir on La Salle
We now come to the second part of the memoir, entitled "History of Monsieur de la Salle."Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 7
This affair gives us a glimpse of the distracted state of the colony, racked by the discord of conflicting interests and passions.Previously in The
La Salle and Fenelon
Then Fénelon mounted the pulpit.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the definitive account of
La Salle and Frontenac
Frontenac, to impose respect on the Iroquois, now set his canoes in order of battle.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 6
Here were vast projects, projects perhaps beyond the scope of private enterprise, conceived and nursed in the brain of a penniless young