ABSTRACT
Following the crown’s ban on meeting, selective arrests of members of the Grand Conseil and the Cour des Aides strengthened the resolve of the courts. Séguier, stung no doubt by the public scorn for ‘the dithering chancellor’, spoke to a parlementaire delegation about the danger that the Habsburg powers might seek a last-minute victory when they heard about ‘the disaffection of the people’. Mazarin, writing to Longueville, professed himself puzzled as to what the sovereign courts wanted, but determined to stop their activities: ‘we must push this matter to a conclusion’. He was concerned about the effect of lack of money, ‘this famine we are now experiencing’ as he described it to Turenne, on his diplomatic team at Osnabrück. On June 7 the council quashed the arrêt d’union. Parlement responded by calling for immediate sessions of the Chambre St Louis. 1 Anne bridled at a further affront. It was decided to summon the entire Parlement to the Palais-Royal, bringing the register which recorded their arrêt.
