Fronde rebellions Louis XIV distrust Paris

Revolts helped make Louis XIV distrust Paris

The Fronde rebellions twice forced Louis XIV and his court to flee Paris. The uprisings helped make him distrust the capital and decide to move the royal court away from it.

Spoken Latin became the Romance languages

Latin’s regional spoken forms naturally changed into the Romance languages. Latin did not vanish from use, though: in Europe, it remained a formal and scholarly language long after the Western Roman Empire fell.

Enoch's calendar fixed every date's weekday

The calendar described in the Book of Enoch divided its 364-day year into exactly 52 weeks, so every date fell on the same weekday each year. Using it made it impossible to celebrate festivals at the same time as the Jerusalem Temple.

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Fronde rebellions Louis XIV distrust Paris

Revolts helped make Louis XIV distrust Paris

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