Jacquerie

[ʒɑ:k'ri:]

Definition

(n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.

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Definition

n. name given to the revolt of the French peasants in 1358.

Edited by Augustus