| Abstract: | The historiography of the Fronde (1648-1653) suffers from apaucity of social studies, such that the civil war which toreFrance apart during the minority of Louis XIV is usually presentedas a vain reaction against the rise of absolutism. What canthe fate of the Frondeurs after 1653 tell us in this regard?Pierre de Villars was of the main leaders of the Orméeof Bordeaux. The reconstruction of his career, reflected inthe social connotations of the titles he bore, proves that inspite of the solidity and strength of the protection he enjoyed,he had to pay for defeat by abandoning his earlier ambitions.This outcome alters the perspectives and modifies the analysesthat have traditionally been advanced where these events areconcerned. |
