Jacquerie
![Prisoners in an illuminated manuscript by [[Jean Froissart](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Jacquerie_repression.jpg)
The
Jacquerie () was a
popular revolt by
peasants that took place in northern
France in the early summer of 1358 during the
Hundred Years' War. The revolt was centred in the valley of the
Oise north of
Paris and was suppressed after over two months of violence. This rebellion became known as "the Jacquerie" because the nobles derided peasants as "Jacques" or "Jacques Bonhomme" for their padded
surplice, called a "
jacque". The aristocratic chronicler
Jean Froissart and his source, the chronicle of
Jean le Bel, referred to the leader of the revolt as Jacque Bonhomme ("Jack Goodfellow"), though in fact the Jacquerie 'great captain' was named
Guillaume Cale. The word ''jacquerie'' became a synonym of peasant uprisings in general in both English and French.
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