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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]
The first jacquerie was an 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" (in French bonhomme means "fellow").
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.
8 Jul 2024 · 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.
Jacquerie definition: the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.. See examples of JACQUERIE used in a sentence.
3 Mac 2024 · a violent revolt, named after the uprising of French peasants against the nobles in 1358.
21 Mei 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.
