The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt PDF
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OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi OXFORD STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN HISTORY General Editors . . OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi The Jacquerie of 1358 ’ A French Peasants Revolt JUSTINE FIRNHABER-BAKER 1 OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©JustineFirnhaber-Baker2021 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2021 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2020950990 ISBN 978–0–19–885641–2 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198856412.001.0001 Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi ForJames,agoodman OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi Acknowledgements This book was researched and written with the support of a British Arts and Humanities Research Council Early Career Fellowship (grant reference AH/ K006843/1) and a Research Grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities ofScotland,forwhichIamprofoundlygrateful.IalsothanktheSchoolofHistory atStAndrewsfortwotermsofinstitutionalleave. Colleagues,students,andfriendshavehelpedshapemythinkingandprovided valuable feedback. I would particularly like to thank Frances Andrews, John Arnold, Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Warren Brown, Frederik Buylaert, Vincent Challet, Samuel K. Cohn, Jr., Jan Dumolyn, Sylvia Federico, Paul Freedman, Chris Given-Wilson, Erika Graham-Goering, Jelle Haemers, Rafael Oliva Herrer, Helen Lacey, Patrick Lantschner, James Palmer, Andrew Prescott, Teofilo Ruiz, Graeme Small, Alice Taylor, Craig Taylor, John Watts, and Chris Wickham. All Souls College and its Fellows offered a welcome refuge and witty conversation. My colleagues at St Andrews are especially to be thanked for creating an environment conducive to research and writing. My students, espe- ciallythoseinME3425‘TheAgeofRevolt’,alsohavemygratitudeforadecade’s worthoftheirinsightsandenthusiasm.TheUniversityofStAndrewsistrulyone ofthebestplacesintheworldtobeamediaevalhistorian. Anumberoflibrariansandarchivistswentoutoftheirwayforme.Thestaffat the Archives nationales, the Bibliothèque nationale, and the Archives départementales oftheAisne, theMarne,andtheOisewereallveryhelpful.My particularthankstoJean-ChristopheDumainattheADAisne,toChristèlePotvin at the AD Seine-Maritime, and to Michel Ollion at the Archives nationales for providing particular documents. The staff of the Library of the University of St Andrews were indispensable and very efficient, and those at the Bodeleian also camethroughinapinchortwo.Iappreciateit. Mygreatestdebtsofgratitudeareowedtomyfamily,includingthosebothnear andfar.ThankyouespeciallytoJanandTrevorPalmerandtoCarolineandDavid Blacklerfor takingsuchgood care of mychildrenand mycats. Above all, thank you to James, Adryan, Sophie, and Hayden for your love and support, and for understanding when I disappear into the archives. Coming home is always the bestpart. OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi OUPCORRECTEDAUTOPAGEPROOFS–FINAL,23/3/2021,SPi Contents ListofFigures xi Abbreviations xiii ANoteonNamesandSpelling xv ANoteonMoney xvii Maps xix TimelineofEventsintheJacquerieandCounter-Jacquerie xxi Introduction:TellingStories 1 TheStoriesintheSources 6 TheChronicles 7 JudicialSources:Remissions,Lawsuits,andAccords 12 LocalDocuments 18 TheStoriesinThisBook 20 1. Complaints:TheAftermathofPoitiers 23 DefeatanditsDiscontents 24 TheTriumphofReform 29 TheGreatOrdonnanceof1357 33 TheNavarreseAlliance 38 SoldiersandRefugees 44 2. NewMarvels:TurningtheWorldUpsideDown 49 MurderingtheMarshals 49 Reactions:ParisandProvins 56 TheBlockadeofParis 59 TheNorthernTownsandtheEstatesofCompiègne 65 TheSilencebeforetheStorm 68 3. AnUnheardofThing:TheMassacreatSaint-Leu-d’Esserent 71 StrategicObjectives:Rivers,Roads,andRocks 73 CommunicativeViolence 79 ContactsandCommunication 82 ProvincialNotablesandNetworks 88 FromSaint-Leu-d’EsserenttotheJacquerie 91 4 AllMasters:FromMassacretoMovement 96 TheMomentofMobilization 97 ImmediateGrievances 102 JusticeinanAgeofWarandPlague 106 PlanningBehindtheScenes 112
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