Flanders peasant revolt (jan 1, 1323 – jan 1, 1328)
Description:
1st big peasant revolt | Why: taxation | Govt: Flemish (PD Belgium) peasants forced to pay taxes 2 French (financially controlled Belgium) | Church: monasteries pressed peasants for $ in addition to usual tithes | Rxn: burned/pillaged castles/aristocratic homes | Shutdown: french army crushed peasants → savage repression/confiscation of peasant property 1330s
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