The Jacquerie in Froissart's chronicles

The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe that took place in northern France in 1358, during the Hundred Years' War. The revolt centered in the Oise valley north of Paris. This rebellion was known as the Jacquerie after its peasant revolutionary leader Guillaume Caillet, popularly known as Jacques Bonhomme ("Jack Goodfellow") or Callet. The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Jean Froissart (~1337 - ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ... Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by (typically) peasants in the countryside, or the bourgeois in towns, against nobles and kings during the upheavals of the 14th through early 16th centuries. ... Events Jacquerie. ... Combatants England France The Hundred Years War is the name modern historians have given to what was a series of related conflicts, fought over a 116-year period, between England and France, and later Burgundy; beginning in 1337, and ending in 1453. ... The Oise river is a tributary of the Seine River in France. ...

After the capture of the French King John II the Good by the English during the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, power in France devolved to the States General. However, the States General were too divided to provide effective government. To secure their rights, the French privileged classes forced the peasantry to pay ever-increasing taxes (for example, the taille) and to repair their war-damaged properties without compensation. This was particularly problematic as many common people already blamed the nobility's corruption for the defeat at Poitiers. The chronicle of Jean de Venette articulates the perceived problems of the nobility. John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 – April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350–1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332–1350, Count of Poitiers 1344–1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345–1350. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid... The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France on September 19, 1356, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years War. ... Events January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of RaÅ¡ka Stefan DuÅ¡an is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a... In France under the Ancien Régime, the States-General or Estates-General (in French: États-Généraux), was an assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects. ... The taille was a direct land tax on the French peasantry in ancien régime France (since the nobles refused to pay taxes). ... Location within France Poitiers (population 85,000) is a small city located in west central France. ...

In addition, bands of English, Gascon, German and Spanish routiérs were looting, raping and plundering the lands of Northern France almost at will, the States-General totally powerless to stop them. Many peasants questioned why they should work for a government which clearly couldn't protect its citizens. This combination of problems resulted in a series of bloody rebellions in several regions beginning in 1358. Events Jacquerie. ...

The peasants involved in the rebellion seem to have lacked any real organisation, instead coming together as a shapeless mass. When asked as to the cause of their discontent they apparently replied that they were just doing what they had witnessed others doing. Additionally it seems that the rebellion contained some idea that it was possible to rid the world of nobles. Froissart's account portrays them as mindless thugs bent on destruction, which they wreaked on over 150 noble houses and castles, murdering the families in horrendous ways. Outbreaks occurred in Rouen and Rheims, while Senlis and Montdider were sacked by the peasant army. Location within France Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Reims (English traditionally Rheims) is a city of north-eastern France, 98 miles east-northeast of Paris. ... Senlis is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Senlis, in the Oise département Senlis, in the Pas-de-Calais département Senlis-le-Sec, in the Somme département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...

The Jacquerie must be seen in the context of this period of internal instability. In this period of personal government the absence of the king was detrimental to the state. The Dauphin had to contend with roaming free companies, the plotting of Charles the Bad and the possibility of another English invasion. The Dauphin gained effective control of the realm only after the supposed surrender of the city of Paris under Étienne Marcel in July 1358. Marcel had joined Caillet's rebellion somewhat inadvisedly, and it cost him the city, when his wealthy supporters deserted him in response. The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... Statue of Étienne Marcel by Antonin Idrac next to the Hôtel de Ville of Paris Étienne Marcel (died July 31, 1358) was provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II. Étienne Marcel belonged by birth to the wealthy Parisian bourgeoisie, being the son of a clothier named...

The revolt was suppressed by French nobles led by Charles the Bad of Navarre. Caillet, who was the leader of the rebellion, was invited to truce talks near the town of Mello on the 10th July, and was seized by the French nobles (who apparently believed that the rules of chivalry and truce did not apply to one of such low birth) and tortured to death by use of red-hot irons. His army, which some contemporaries claimed was 20,000 strong, was ridden down by a charge of knights in the ensuing Battle of Mello, which was followed by a campaign of terror throughout the Beauvais region. Charles II (1332–1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387. ... Beauvais is a town and commune of northern France, préfecture (capital) of the Oise département. ...

The word "Jacquerie" later became a synonym for French peasant uprisings, and for centuries the nobility lived in fear of a repeat performance, and reacted ruthlessly to any future outbreaks. In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: the 16th century was a good time for European peasants A peasant, from 15th... The Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the door of the Lodge of the Heralds. ...

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