Great Peasants' Revolt of 1358

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The Great Peasants' Revolt of 1358, also known as the Jacquerie, was a major uprising of French peasants during the Hundred Years' War, sparked by heavy taxation, war devastation, and resentment toward the nobility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
peasant revolt ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jacquerie ⓘ
chronologicalOrder precedes the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ
conflictType class conflict ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 1358-06 ⓘ
FrenchName Jacquerie ⓘ
hasCause devastation caused by the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
economic hardship of peasants ⓘ
failure of noble protection against English raids ⓘ
heavy taxation ⓘ
political instability in France after the capture of John II ⓘ
resentment toward the nobility ⓘ
hasEffect increased fear of popular uprisings among elites ⓘ
reinforcement of social hierarchies in late medieval France ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
leader Guillaume Cale ⓘ
Jacques Bonhomme (Guillaume Cale's nickname) ⓘ
location Beauvaisis ⓘ
linked to: Beauvais

Picardy ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
mainParticipants artisans ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
townspeople allied with peasants ⓘ
namedAfter Jacques Bonhomme ⓘ
opponent Charles II of Navarre ⓘ
Charles, the future Charles V of France ⓘ
opposingForce French nobility ⓘ
French peasantry ⓘ
royalist forces ⓘ
rural commoners ⓘ
partOf Hundred Years' War ⓘ
relatedTo English raids in northern France ⓘ
capture of King John II of France at the Battle of Poitiers ⓘ
urban revolt in Paris led by Étienne Marcel ⓘ
result decisive defeat of the peasants ⓘ
harsh repression of rural communities ⓘ
strengthening of noble control ⓘ
significantEvent capture and execution of Guillaume Cale ⓘ
massacres of nobles and destruction of manor houses ⓘ
noble reprisals against peasants ⓘ
startTime 1358-05 ⓘ

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Jacquerie → hasAlias → Great Peasants' Revolt of 1358 ⓘ
Jules Dalou → notableWork → The Great Peasants' Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Great Peasants' Revolt of 1358