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3,000 Waldensians killed on order of Francis I of France. 670 sold as slaves, crops destroyed, herds killed and unknown number of peasants starved to death Amboise conspiracy: 19 March 1560: Château d'Amboise: 1,200–1,500 Royal Army 1,200–1,500 Protestant conspirators executed en masse [8] Cahors massacre 19 November 1561: Cahors: 40–50 ...
Philip Calderon "French Peasants Finding Their Stolen Child"; 1859. French peasants were the largest socio-economic group in France until the mid-20th century. The word peasant, while having no universally accepted meaning, is used here to describe subsistence farming throughout the Middle Ages, often smallholders or those paying rent to landlords, and rural workers in general.
The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions ...
Richard II of England meets the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt. Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by peasants in the countryside, or the burgess in towns, against nobles, abbots and kings during the upheavals between 1300 and 1500, part of a larger "Crisis of the Late Middle Ages".
The 1500s ran from January 1, 1500, to December 31, ... The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen. [4] ... after the death of his father
The mass death and illness of cattle drastically affected dairy production, and the output did not return to its pre-pestilence amount until 1331. [20] Much of the medieval peasants' protein was obtained from dairy, and milk shortages likely caused nutritional deficiency in the European population.
Pages in category "1500s deaths" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Pedro Annes d'Alpoim; B.
Entrance of Henry IV in Paris, 22 March 1594, with 1,500 cuirassiers Departure of Spanish troops from Paris, 22 March 1594 Henry IV, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e. the Catholic League), by Toussaint Dubreuil, circa 1600. Louvre Museum. Despite the campaigns between 1590 and 1592, Henry IV was "no closer to capturing Paris". [158]