Jacquerie

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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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
peasant revolt
rebellion
uprising
cause heavy taxation
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
Jacquerie self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Jacquerie
hasEffect intensified fear of peasant revolts among European nobility
reinforced social divisions between peasants and nobility in France
hasTheme class conflict
impact of war on rural society
social injustice
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
leader Guillaume Cale
Guillaume Carle
location northern France
mainAreaOfOperations Beauvais
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
noble militias
royalist forces
opponentCommander Charles II of Navarre
Charles the Bad
Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy
surface form: Enguerrand VII de Coucy

Gaston III, Count of Foix
participant French peasants
rural commoners
result brutal repression of the rebels
decisive defeat of the peasants
execution of Guillaume Cale
massacres of peasants
significantPlace Beauvais
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Meaux
Senlis
startTime 1358-05
temporalLocation Hundred Years' War

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Late Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Jacquerie
Jacquerie hasAlias Jacquerie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Jacquerie
Senlis eventInHistory Jacquerie
this entity surface form: Jacquerie peasant revolt
Guillaume Carle participatedIn Jacquerie
Guillaume Carle leaderOf Jacquerie