Jacquerie
E91409
The Jacquerie was a violent peasant uprising in northern France in 1358, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and noble abuses during the Hundred Years’ War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacquerie canonical | 3 |
| Jacquerie peasant revolt | 1 |
| La Jacquerie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Jacquerie Context triple: [Late Middle Ages, hasMajorEvent, Jacquerie]
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
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Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris in 1871, emerging after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and becoming a symbol of working-class uprising and communal self-governance.
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La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jacquerie Target entity description: The Jacquerie was a violent peasant uprising in northern France in 1358, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and noble abuses during the Hundred Years’ War.
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A.
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
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B.
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris in 1871, emerging after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and becoming a symbol of working-class uprising and communal self-governance.
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C.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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D.
Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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E.
Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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peasant revolt ⓘ rebellion ⓘ uprising ⓘ |
| cause |
heavy taxation
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military defeats of France in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ noble abuses ⓘ ransom demands after the capture of King John II of France ⓘ social tensions between peasants and nobility ⓘ war devastation ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Chronicles of Jean Froissart
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Froissart's Chronicles
|
| endTime | 1358-06 ⓘ |
| etymology | name derived from the derogatory term "Jacques" for French peasants ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Great Peasants' Revolt of 1358
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Jacquerie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
La Jacquerie
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| hasEffect |
intensified fear of peasant revolts among European nobility
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reinforced social divisions between peasants and nobility in France ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class conflict
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impact of war on rural society ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| leader |
Guillaume Cale
ⓘ
Guillaume Carle ⓘ |
| location | northern France ⓘ |
| mainAreaOfOperations |
Beauvais
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surface form:
Beauvaisis
Oise River ⓘ
surface form:
Oise valley
Picardy ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| numberOfCasualties | thousands of peasants killed ⓘ |
| opponent |
French nobility
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noble militias ⓘ royalist forces ⓘ |
| opponentCommander |
Charles II of Navarre
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Charles the Bad ⓘ Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy ⓘ
surface form:
Enguerrand VII de Coucy
Gaston III, Count of Foix ⓘ |
| participant |
French peasants
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rural commoners ⓘ |
| result |
brutal repression of the rebels
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decisive defeat of the peasants ⓘ execution of Guillaume Cale ⓘ massacres of peasants ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Beauvais
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Clermont-en-Beauvaisis ⓘ Meaux ⓘ Senlis ⓘ |
| startTime | 1358-05 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | Hundred Years' War ⓘ |
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Subject: Jacquerie Description of subject: The Jacquerie was a violent peasant uprising in northern France in 1358, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and noble abuses during the Hundred Years’ War.
Referenced by (5)
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