Citations:Fronde


 * 1994, Juliet Vale (translator), (author), A History of France II: The Royal French State: Louis XI–Henri IV, 1460–1610, Basil Blackwell Ltd, ISBN 0631170278, “Introduction: Classic Monarchy”, page 7:
 * The position undoubtedly changed, once the appointment of intendants (intendants, or crown agents in the provinces) became widespread: instated a few at a time in the course of the sixteenth century, their numbers grew under Henry IV, Louis XIII and above all Richelieu, and (after their collapse during the Fronde) they were established in permanent posts throughout France by Louis XIV and Colbert.
 * ibidem, page 9:
 * There were indeed difficult periods, such as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde and the famines of the reign of Louis XIV (such as occurred in 1694 and 1709).