text: **Early acts**
  
  As the Thirty Years' War came to an end, a civil war known as the Fronde erupted in 
  France. It effectively checked France's ability to exploit the Peace of Westphalia. Anne and 
  Mazarin had largely pursued the policies of Cardinal Richelieu, augmenting the Crown's 
  power at the expense of the nobility and the*Parlements*. Anne was more concerned with 
  internal policy than foreign affairs; she was a very proud queen who insisted on the divine 
  rights of the King of France.[22] 
  
  All this led her to advocate a forceful policy in all matters relating to the King's authority, 
  in a manner that was much more radical than the one proposed by Mazarin. The Cardinal 
  depended totally on Anne's support and had to use all his influence on the Queen to temper 
  some of her radical actions. Anne imprisoned any aristocrat or member of parliament who 
  challenged her will; her main aim was to transfer to her son an absolute authority in the 
  matters of finance and justice. One of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, whom she had 
  jailed, died in prison.[23] 
  
  Louis XIV, then Dauphin of France, 
  in 1642, one year before his 
  accession to the throne, by Philippe 
  de Champaigne 