The Jacquerie of 1358 : a French peasants' revolt / Justine Firnhaber-Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firnhaber-Baker, Justine, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in medieval European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacquerie, 1358.

France--History--John II, 1350-1364.

France.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 307 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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 Compiegne

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Firnhaber-Baker, Justine. Jacquerie of 1358.

ISBN:

0198856415

9780198856412

OCLC:

1202224864

Publisher Number:

99988578992