Jacquerie

[ zhahkuh-ree ]

noun

1. the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
2. (lowercase) any peasant revolt.

Jacquerie

/ ʒakri /

noun

1. the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacquerie¹

< French, Middle French, equivalent to jaque ( s ) peasant (after Jacques, a name thought to be typical of peasants) + -rie -ry

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacquerie¹

C16: from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus

Example Sentences

This, combined with the soaring fiscal burden of near-constant war, set off a series of uprisings, most notably the French Jacquerie of 1358 and the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

From Salon

Here a leader of the Jacquerie had been writhing in his chains, as he was crowned with a red-hot tripod.

From Literature

Writing in the Telegraph, he compared Eurosceptic parties, including Ukip, Dutch rightwing firebrands and Greek anti-capitalists, to people taking part in "a kind of peasants' revolt" or a "jacquerie" – a bloody uprising against the French nobility in 1358.

From The Guardian

It was doubtless the mingled despair and thirst for revenge excited by this that led to many Waldenses joining in the rising of the Jacquerie in Savoy in 1365—a rising which was suppressed with the customary merciless cruelty by the King of Navarre and Wenzel of Brabant.

From Project Gutenberg

"But," I cried aghast, "do you fear a Jacquerie?"

From Project Gutenberg