noun
- peasant uprisings or revolts, especially violent ones against the nobility or upper classes
Usage: historical; plural form of jacquerie
Examples
- The historian studied several jacqueries that occurred during the 14th century.
- Medieval Europe witnessed numerous jacqueries as peasants rebelled against feudal lords.
- The jacqueries were often brutally suppressed by the ruling classes.
- Economic hardship frequently sparked jacqueries throughout rural France.
- These jacqueries represented the desperation of the common people.
- The book examines the causes and consequences of various jacqueries.