The English Commonwealth was an explicitly republican,
anti-monarchist and radical Protestant state, so it is unsurprising
that it was greeted with hostility by the France of Louis XIV and
Cardinal Mazarin. In July 1652, the French envoy to England was
dismissed because France refused to recognise the Commonwealth. In
December, however, they gave in to circumstance, and eased
relations between the two countries by giving the English
Commonwealth their formal recognition.
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