Jacquerie

[ zhahkuh-ree ]

/ ʒɑkəˈri /

the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.

(lowercase) any peasant revolt.

Origin of Jacquerie

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

The atrocities of the Jacquerie, and of Wat Tyler's rebellion, hardened the hearts of men against the common people.

The History of Freedom |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
It did, however, play a prominent part in the peasant revolt known as the Jacquerie in the fourteenth century.

Cathedral Cities of France |Herbert Marshall
The jacquerie subsides, and it seems as if the newly restored order would be maintained.

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine
It thus became a sort of Jacquerie which, being exploited by unscrupulous demagogues, soon alienated all its respectable elements.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 |Various

The coup d'état began to shriek about the Jacquerie, like the assassin who cried: "Stop thief!"

Napoleon the Little |Victor Hugo

Jacquerie

/ French (ʒakri) /

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

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