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Fronde
The Fronde () was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. King Louis XIV confronted the combined opposition of the princes, the nobility, the law courts ("parlements"), and most of the French people, and yet won out in the end. The dispute started when the government of France issued seven fiscal edicts, six of which were to increase taxation. The parlements pushed back and
castle, but allowed the building to deteriorate, even causing the burning of the floors and some frames.
A 1567 law passed by the Parliament was needed to put an end to this damage. At the end of the century, Balthazar Goblin, follower of Henri IV, made repairs to the castle.
The castle was still in a position to receive the young Louis XIII twice, in 1609 and 1611.
History 17th century.
In 1649, at the time of the Fronde disorders, the town and the