The Jacquerie was a peasant uprising in northern France in the spring of 1358, during the Hundred Years' War. It followed the French defeat at Poitiers and the capture of King John II, and it arose from heavy taxation and the plundering by soldiers while the nobility seemed unable to defend the countryside. The name comes from Jacques Bonhomme, a mocking term nobles used for peasants. The revolt began in the Oise region, and Guillaume Karle became its captain. The rebels attacked manors and killed nobles, and for a time they allied with Étienne Marcel in Paris. Nobles led by Charles II of Navarre crushed them at Mello, and brutal reprisals followed.
Before and after
- from 1356 to 1806Electorate of Saxony
- from 1356 to 1375War of the Two Peters
- 10 January 1356Golden Bull of 1356
- from 1358 to 1918Archduchy of Austria
- from May 1358 to June 1358Jacquerie
- from 27 May 1358 to 31 January 1808Republic of Ragusa
- 1360Construction of Sforza Castle
- 27 July 1361Battle of Visby
- from 24 September 1362 to 25 December 1362Battle of Blue Waters
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