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‖ Jacquerie|ʒakri| Also anglicized, 6–9 -ery. [F., in OF. jaquerie, peasants or villeins collectively, spec. as in Eng.; f. Jacques James, old term for a French villein or peasant: cf. Jack n.1] Hist. The revolt of the villeins or peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1357–8; hence, Any rising of the peasantry.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxxxii. 217 They called hym kyng Iaques Goodman, and so therby they were called companyons of the Iaquery. 1548Thomas in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) II. App. 65 The Jaquerie that sprang in Beauvoisine and other countries of France, in the year 1358. 1791Burke App. Whigs Wks. VI. 219 That furious insurrection of the common people in France called the Jacquerie. 1882Spectator 8 Apr. 457 There is too much reason to believe that in many districts of Ireland the anti-landlord agitation..has changed an agrarian movement into a true jacquerie. 1892Review of Rev. 15 Jan. 17/1 In Russia..villages scattered here and there in the midst of great steppes do not afford material even for successful jacquery. |