22 abr 1358 año - French Peasant Revolt

Descripción:

revolt called Jacquerie, named after mythical farmer Jacque Bonhomme (good fellow)

high taxes from 100 year war mainly fell on peasants (had to pay higher taxes sometimes to
release captured lords in war)

blamed nobles for taxes, unpunished criminal

behavior in the countryside, defeat in war
peasants, artisans, small merchants, parish priests vs. nobility, royalty upper class

many peasants, innocent or not murder in scare tactics

when rebellion was crushed, causes for rebellion were not fixed

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