Jacquerie

Jacquerie was a large uprising in late medieval Europe. It happened in 1358, when French peasants were protesting heavy taxation in the Oise valley north of Paris.

Jacquerie Media

Prisoners in an illuminated manuscript by Jean Froissart
Defeat of the Jacquerie in Meaux on 9 June 1358

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