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Jacquerie of 1358

By Justine Firnhaber-Baker

Jacquerie of 1358 Politics & History

Jacquerie of 1358

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The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of noblemen before being put down in a bloody wave of suppression. The revolt occurred in the wake of the Black Death and during the Hundred Years War, and it was closely connected to a rebellion in Paris against the French crown. The Jacquerie of 1358 resolves long-standing controversies about whether the revolt was just an irrational explosion of peasant hatred or simply an extension of the Parisian revolt. It shows that these opposing conclusions are based on the illusory assumption that the revolt was a united movement with a single goal. In fact, the Jacquerie has to be understood as a constellation of many events that evolved over time. It involved thousands of people, who understood what they were doing in different and changing ways. The story of the Jacquerie is about how individuals and communities navigated their specific political, social, and military dilemmas, how they reacted to events as they unfolded, and how they chose to remember (or to forget) in its aftermath. The Jacquerie of 1358 rewrites the narrative of this tumultuous period and gives special attention to how violence and social relationships were harnessed to mobilize popular rebellion.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
330
Release Date:
2022-06-24
Publication Date:
2022-10-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198860315
ISBN13:
9780198860310
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
503 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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