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New page: The '''Jacquerie''' was a peasant revolt that took place in France in the year 1358. The revolt had more than one cause, mostly extending from the post-plague condi...
The '''Jacquerie''' was a peasant revolt that took place in [[France]] in the year 1358. The revolt had more than one cause, mostly extending from the post-[[Bubonic plague|plague]] conditions, famine and the ongoing [[Hundred Years War]], which caused a raise of taxes for the French peasants. The rebellion was led by and named after a peasant [[Jacques Bonhomme]] ("Jack Goodfellow"). It ultimately killed over 30,000<ref>Roberts, J.M. ''The Penguin History of Europe''. London: Penguin, 1996.</ref>. It was brutally suppressed by the French nobility, who in turn slaughtered many innocent peasants.
==References==
<references/>
Holmes, George. ''The Oxford Hisory of Medieval Europe''. Oxford: University Press, 1988.
==References==
<references/>
Holmes, George. ''The Oxford Hisory of Medieval Europe''. Oxford: University Press, 1988.