The Fronde this paper shows the effects of the Fronde on the reign of Louis XIV. Concludes with yes as an answer.

"The Fronde" The Fronde was a period of uncertainty in France. A time in which a newly crowned king of just ten years old at the time. A young king named Louis XIV was chased by the upper middle class and the nobility and treated as prisoners. These two social groups required some change in their government. They desired less powering the hand of the king and more toward the people's hands. However, everyone knows …

…Overall, through the arguments presented, it is fair to say that the Fronde a period of civil war and political uprising, sculpted the reign of Louis XIV. Whether it taught him to be a better or worse ruler, or to be manipulative cunning or to be cold hearted and mean, its fair to say that the Fronde sculpted Louis XIV's reign. Now the question arises; did it benefit France as a country or hurt it?