Jacquerie

The reader is mistaken if he thinks that we take the word Jacquerie in

Les Miserables 2008

The reader is mistaken if he thinks that we take the word Jacquerie in a bad sense.

Les Miserables, Volume IV, Saint Denis 1862

The reader is mistaken if he thinks that we take the word Jacquerie in a bad sense.

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

There was a terrible insurrection, called the Jacquerie, of the oppressed peasants against the nobles.

A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871

Worn down with oppression, the French peasants broke into a rebellion known as the Jacquerie, from the nickname of Jacques-Bonhomme, which the gentry gave to them.

A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Samuel Rawson Gardiner 1865

Unfortunately, "Jacquerie" remained in the background of his mind, with the exception of two songs -- all we have to indicate what a stirring presentation our literature might have had of the fourteenth century awakening of "Jacques Bonhomme," that early precursor of the more terrible arousing in 'Ninety-Three.

Literary Hearthstones of Dixie La Salle Corbell Pickett 1889

The fourteenth century is interesting for the awakening, especially in Italy, of literature and art; for the wars between the French and English, and the English and the Scots; for the rivalry between the Italian republics; for the efforts of Rienzi to establish popular freedom at Rome; for the insurrection of the Flemish weavers, under the Van Arteveldes, against their feudal oppressors; for the terrible "Jacquerie" in Paris; for the insurrection of Wat

Beacon Lights of History John Lord 1852

"Jacquerie;" the facts have at length been brought to light.

Napoleon the Little Victor Hugo 1843

There was not, then, and the honest co-authors of the _coup d'état_ admit it now to their intimates, with playful delight, there was not any "Jacquerie," it is true; but the trick has told.

Napoleon the Little Victor Hugo 1843

Again, it seems to have been inferred -- indeed, it has been so stated repeatedly, by persons who boast of his confidence -- that it was owing to his arrest and absence from the council of the Confederation, that measure of fatal rashness was adopted, of which he became the first victim; although it was his discretion and ability that kept the "Jacquerie," who then obtained the ascendant, in check from the beginning.

The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Michael Doheny 1834