La Jacquerie (English spelling)

Japanese: La Jacquerie(英語表記)LaJacquerie
La Jacquerie (English spelling)

…a peasant uprising that occurred in the Île-de-France region of northern France in 1358. The term Jacques was used by nobles to refer to peasants, and it comes from the fact that medieval peasants wore a short, poor vest called jaques. Around the time of the Battle of Poitiers (1356), the decisive battle in the first half of the Hundred Years' War, in addition to the fighting between French and English knights, large bands of bandits were rampant in the region, committing acts of plunder. Moreover, the economic downturn caused grain prices to fall, dealing a serious blow to the grain-growing rural areas of northern France. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "La Jacquerie" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…1358年,北フランスのイル・ド・フランス地方に発生した農民一揆。ジャックjacquesとは貴族が農民を指した言葉で,中世農民が短く貧しい胴衣jaquesを着ていたことに由来する。百年戦争前期の決戦であるポアティエの戦(1356)のころから,当地方には戦闘を交えるフランスとイギリスの騎士たちに加えて大野盗団が横行し略奪行為をおこなった。しかも経済不況で穀物価格は低迷し,穀作地帯である北フランス農村に深刻な打撃をあたえた。…

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