The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt

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The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants’ Revolt
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
A Note on Names and Spelling
A Note on Money
Maps
Timeline of Events in the Jacquerie and Counter-Jacquerie
Introduction: Telling Stories
	The Stories in the Sources
		The Chronicles
		Judicial Sources: Remissions, Lawsuits, and Accords
		Local Documents
	The Stories in This Book
1: Complaints: The Aftermath of Poitiers
	Defeat and its Discontents
	The Triumph of Reform
	The Great Ordonnance of 1357
	The Navarrese Alliance
	Soldiers and Refugees
2: New Marvels: Turning the World Upside Down
	Murdering the Marshals
	Reactions: Paris and Provins
	The Blockade of Paris
	The Northern Towns and the Estates of Compiègne
	The Silence before the Storm
3: An Unheard of Thing: The Massacre at Saint-Leu-d’Esserent
	Strategic Objectives: Rivers, Roads, and Rocks
	Communicative Violence
	Contacts and Communication
	Provincial Notables and Networks
	From Saint-Leu-d’Esserent to the Jacquerie
4: All Masters: From Massacre to Movement
	The Moment of Mobilization
	Immediate Grievances
	Justice in an Age of War and Plague
	Planning Behind the Scenes
5: Noisy Terrors: The Violence of the Jacquerie
	Targets: Les nobles
	Interpersonal Violence
		Rape
		Murder
	Castles and Houses
		Objectives I: Valois Loyalists
		Objectives II: Nobility and Status
	Pillage, Play, and Performance
6: Captains and Assemblies: The Organization of the Jacquerie
	Guillaume Calle and his Circle
	Local Leaders
	Communications and Logistics
	Constraint and Conflict
7: The Non-Nobles: Rebels and their Communities
	Men and Women, Young and Old
	Rich and Poor
	Urban and Rural
8: Slaughtered like Pigs: The Battles of Meaux and Mello-Clermont
	The Road to Meaux
	Chivalry at the Market
	The Battle of Mello-Clermont
	Charles of Navarre and the Jacques
9: Hatred and Malevolence: The Counter-Jacquerie
	Early Days: Poix, Senlis, the Marne Valley
	Champagne and the Southern Parisis
	Charles of Navarre in the Beauvaisis
	Far Echoes: Normandy, the Loire, and Beyond
10: Good Love and Hard Words: The Legacy of Revolt
	Mercy and its Benefits
	A Story Takes Shape
	Subjects’ Stories
	Making and Breaking Peace
Conclusion: Forgetting and Remembering the Jacquerie
Bibliography
	Manuscripts Cited
	Editions of Texts and Finding Aids
	Websites and Databases
	Secondary Literature
Index