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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.
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 [14] Cahors massacre 19 November 1561: Cahors: 40–50 ...
The Jacquerie (French:) was a popular revolt by peasants that took place in northern France in the early summer of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War. [1] The revolt was centred in the valley of the Oise north of Paris and was suppressed after over two months of violence. [2]
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.
The peasants, like the inhabitants of the cities, bore the brunt of supporting the troops when they crossed or were stationed in their region. And between campaigns, a good part of those demobilized troops, composed of mercenaries, were wandering, looting, and extorting money from towns, villages, and castles.
The rebellion in the Beauvais was the heart of Jacquerie which began on 28 May 1358 in the village of Saint-Leu d'Esserent. Although the rebellion linked to a revolt led by Étienne Marcel in Paris, the Jacquerie was a distinct, peasant-led movement that arose in the Beauvaisis which spread to implicate Picardy, some of Normandy, Champagne and the southern Île-de-France.
The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders (French: Conseil des Anciens) was the upper house of the French legislature under the Constitution of the Year III, during the period commonly known as the Directory (French: Directoire), from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution.
Demands by peasants played a major role in fashioning the early stages of the French Revolution in 1789. [36] Historians have explored numerous aspects of peasant life in France, such as: [37] The struggle against nature and society; Life and death in the peasant village; Scarcity and insecurity in agrarian life