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. [1] The revolt was centred in the valley of the Oise north of Paris and was suppressed after over two months of violence. [2]

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.

When Was the First jacquerie? 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").

Sep 21, 2023 · The Jacquerie began on May 28, 1358, with the massacre of nine noblemen in a river village north of Paris, an incident that precipitated the mass mobilization of the countryside over the next few days.

Nov 3, 2024 · A jacquerie, even if carried out with the most respectful of intentions, cannot fail to leave some traces of embarrassment behind it.

Apr 28, 2021 · The story of the Jacquerie is about how individuals reacted to a specific set of circumstances, how events both planned and accidental altered their course, and what and how they chose to remember (or to forget) in its aftermath.

‘Shame on him who allows them to live’: The Jacquerie of 1358. By Douglas James Aiton. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 2007. Abstract: In the eyes of the chroniclers, the Jacquerie of 1358 was the most important peasant revolt in late medieval France.