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RANDOM ENCYCLOPDIA BRITANNICA

FRNCE......1st at the states-general- church then in 1 chamber were met by the king who addressed them + then sent   them to their groups w/ the problems he chose to address. then after te discussed, got them i group again. blah blah 12 pass blah blah ' lit de justice'-a bed of justice. blah blahdays d' etats blah blah BLAH!
the states-general of 1614 did nothing; the dutifully represented, the jealousies, + ill-will between orders + brok e up confused. armand du plesis of richelieu, bishop of lancon was the orator of the
clergy. in 1615 louis XIII married anne of austria, who later played a considerable problem of the fronde, for 2 years marshall ancre steered his way between the young king, who didn't care about him-  his mother's favorite, not his, - the princes of the blood, + the huguenots. in 1617 the new favorite of the king, charles d'albert, count of luynes, overthrew + killed him;leonora galigai, his wife, was executed as a sorceress. the queen-ma + richelieu both fell. she went to blois, he to luconi, the young king, weak + frivolousfell into the hands of the noblesse. after a time the nobles were as little pleased w/ luyres, + rallied round the court of maryde medici at agresso. richelieu whose abilities were recognized, was charged by luynes w/ the task of reconciling the king + queen-ma; he succeeded w/ treaty of angers 1620 in averting civil war. then luynes thinking to amuse the king, marched w/ him to dearn, where the inhabitants suddenly bereft in 1617 of their rights as Protestants were in revolt + fervent in the south + west, the huguenots uneasy + suspicious; incidents of war in bohemia, where calvinists had been crushed + political changes in the united provinces, excited them. they claimed rights of the edict of nantes. in 1621 they held an assembly at the capital, la rochelle, + made a kind of declaration of independence. they divided their 700 congregations thru france into 8 circles, after german fashion, indicating a decentralization, w/ was offensive to the court + the french people; they arranged their own levies of men + $, + in fact went far towards organizing the republic of reformed churches of france+ bearn". they named the duke of bouillon head + made lesdigieres most plentiful offers. but refused to join + the duke of rohan  + his brother became heads of the huguenots movement. better government principles. the nobless, however, not convnced + littl traction. the kingenergeticly took command against them + encouragd the army to be extra cruel(sudan/pol pot/etc etc etc). for he was 'weak' + heartless. at the siege of montauban, he failed completely + had to retreat. soon after at the end of 1621 luynes died, camp fever(cholera?). the king was very weary of him, was happy to hear of it.