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noun
- 1. a communal uprising or revolt.
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The Jacquerie (French:) was a popular revolt by peasants that took place in northern France in the early summer of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War. The revolt was centred in the valley of the Oise north of Paris and was suppressed after over two months of violence. [2]
Jacquerie is a noun that means a peasants' revolt, often capitalized. The term comes from the French peasant revolt in 1358, when the nobles called the peasants "Jacques".
Jacquerie, insurrection of peasants against the nobility in northeastern France in 1358—so named from the nobles’ habit of referring contemptuously to any peasant as Jacques, or Jacques Bonhomme. The Jacquerie occurred at a critical moment of the Hundred Years’ War.
Jul 8, 2024 · Jacquerie is a term for a peasant revolt in northern France in 1357–8, or any other communal uprising. It comes from Old French, meaning 'peasants' or 'villagers'.
Jacquerie definition: the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.. See examples of JACQUERIE used in a sentence.
Mar 3, 2024 · a violent revolt, named after the uprising of French peasants against the nobles in 1358.
May 21, 2018 · jacquerie a communal uprising or revolt, especially the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1357–8; the term is recorded from the early 16th century, and comes from Old French, literally ‘villeins’, from Jacques, a given name formerly used to mean ‘peasant’ in France.
