Jacquerie (redirected from jacqueries)

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.

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

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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]

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jacquerie

a revolt of peasants against the social classes above them.

See also: Conflict