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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
a peasant rising, see Peasants.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
a communal uprising or revolt, especially the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1357–8; the term is recorded from the early 16th century, and comes from Old ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
An uprising in the *Paris basin in the summer of 1358, named after the *peasants or ‘Jacques’ who directed
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
The term “Jacquerie” evoked “Jacques Bonhomme”, an insulting surname given to rustics, or the “jaque”, the short jacket
