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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 [14] 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.
German Peasants' War: Swabian League: German Peasant Army 1524 1533 Dalecarlian rebellions: Sweden Dalarna peasants 1525 1525 Bakhchisarai War (1525) Kabardia: Crimean Khanate: 1525 1525 Amicable Grant Revolt Kingdom of England: English Rebels 1526 1530 War of the League of Cognac Part of the Italian Wars: Empire of Charles V: Spain Holy Roman ...
The Jacquerie was a peasant revolt that took place in northern France in 1356–1358, during the Hundred Years' War. The Tuchin revolt 1378–1384; The English Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. It is the best documented among the revolts of this period.
A document of the Parlement of Toulouse, cited by Ivan Luchitzkii, exposes in 1594 the motives of those frequent rebellions.Historian Henri Heller concludes from the document that the heavy taxation undoubtedly played an important role; looting, extortion, and the duty to accommodate and feed the soldiers of hosts were no less relevant.
French Victory Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328 (1323–1328) Battle of Cassel (1328) Location: Flanders. Kingdom of France Flemish count and loyalists: Flemish rebels: French Victory War of Saint-Sardos (1324) Location: Aquitaine. France: England: French Victory Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) Edwardian Phase. Battle of Poitiers; Battle ...
Peasants' War (1798) Location: Southern Netherlands. French Republic: Brigands French victory Quasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Seas USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente: French Republic. Guadeloupe United States. Co-belligerent: Great Britain. Convention of 1800
Holt (2005) asserted a rather different periodisation from 1562 to 1629, writing of 'civil wars' rather than wars of religion, dating the Sixth War to March–September 1577, and dating the Eight War from June 1584 (death of Anjou) to April 1598 (Edict of Nantes); finally, although he didn't put a number on it, Holt regarded the 1610–1629 ...