Editing Angers (section)

=== Classical period ===

[[File:Angers Merian 1657.jpg|thumb|left|The town is called ''Andegavum Angers'' on this 1657 engraving]]
In 1619, [[Louis XIII of France]] gave the governance of [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]] to his mother, [[Marie de' Medici]]. The Queen Mother settled in Angers, at the Logis Barrault, with her chaplain, [[Cardinal Richelieu]].

At the premature death of Louis XIII in 1643, his son [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] was only an infant. France was troubled at this time by several famines and epidemics, and by political instability. In 1649, the people of Angers revolted against rising taxes, the start of the [[Fronde]] in [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]]. The [[Fronde]] was a nationwide military conflict opposing some aristocrats wanting more autonomy and the Royal forces loyal to [[Anne of Austria]] as Queen Mother and Regent, and her prime minister, [[Cardinal Mazarin]]. Royalist repression in Angers was narrowly averted by Bishop [[Henri Arnauld]], who interceded with the Queen Mother. Arnauld, who would remain Bishop of Angers until 1692, was to leave a deep mark on the religious life of the city during the second half of the 17th century.

In 1652, [[Henri Chabot]], Duke of [[Duchy of Rohan|Rohan]] and governor of [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]], decided to back [[Louis, Grand Condé|Louis of Condé]], leader of the [[Fronde]]. Angers again became rebellious and [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] sent his army to seize it. The Duke of Rohan immediately surrendered and thus again prevented the sack of the city.