mazarinade
A scurrilous anti-governmental pamphlet published in mid-seventeenth-century France.
historical
More important for our purposes, the mazarinade confirms the tenacious image of the captal as an uncivilized tyrant whose visible presence at the heart of the city in Puy-Paulin was an offense to the city's dignity.
Where it comes from
From French mazarinade, from Jules Mazarin, the chief minister and a popular target of such pamphlets.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mazarinade (CC BY-SA 4.0).