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Broussel, Pierre

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Broussel, Pierre (pyĕr brsĕl`), c.1575–1654, councillor of the Parlement of Paris under Louis XIII and Louis XIV. His opposition to the tax program proposed by Cardinal Mazarin Mazarin, Jules (zhül mäzärăN`), 1602–61, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. Italy.
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 made him popular. The uprising after his arrest in 1648 caused his early release and was the start of the first Fronde Fronde (frôNd), 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of
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. In July, 1652, the Parisians chose him provost of the merchants, i.e., virtual mayor. He resigned in September in order to facilitate the reconciliation between the rebels and the court, and he died in obscurity.


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