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Jacquerie
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Jac·que·rie  (zhä-kr)
n.
1. The uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in 1358.
2. jacquerie A peasant revolt, especially a very bloody one.

[French, from Old French jacquerie, peasantry, from jacques, peasant; see jacket.]

Jacquerie French [ʒakri]
n
(Historical Terms) the revolt of the N French peasants against the nobility in 1358
[from Old French: the peasantry, from jacque a peasant, from Jacques James, from Late Latin Jacōbus]

jacquerie
a revolt of peasants against the social classes above them.
See also: Conflict


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