jacquerie

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A violent revolt by peasants
The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry
(La) An insurrection of the peasantry of France in 1358, excited by the oppressions of the privileged classes and Charles the Bad of Navarre, while King Jean was a prisoner in England When the peasants complained, and asked who was to redress their grievances, they were told in scorn Jacques Bonhomme (Johnny Goodman), i e no one At length a leader appeared, called himself Jacques Bonhomme, and declared war to the death against every gentleman in France In six weeks some 12,000 of these insurgents were cut down, and amongst their number was the leader himself (See Jack, Jacques )
a peasant's revolt
Hence, any revolt of peasants
(La) An insurrection of the peasantry of France in 1358, excited by the oppressious of the privileged classes and Charles the Bad of Navarre, while King Jean was a prisoner in England When the peasants complained, and asked who was to redress their grievances, they were told in scorn Jacques Bonhomme (Johnny Goodman), i e no one At length a leader appeared, called himself Jacques Bonhomme, and declared war to the death against every gentleman in France In six weeks some 12,000 of these insurgents were cut down, and amongst their number was the leader himself (See Jack, Jacques )
Frustrated by plague, famine and mercenaries, the peasants of northern France rebelled in 1358 As violent as the Jacquerie was reported to be, the revolt was quashed by the aristocracy with greater savagery One repercussion of the Jacquerie was the return of royalist ideals that were being threatened by constitutional movements in the Estates General
jacquerie

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    Jacque·rie

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    () From the Jacquerie uprising of French peasants in 1358
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