Rage against the system — the Jacquerie

Luke Ball
7 min readJul 7, 2022

The peasant uprising that traumatised French aristocracy, a brief but violent groundswell that collapsed on 9–10 June 1358.

It’s often said by daydreamers pining for the past: oh how great it would be to live before technology, consumerism and big city hustle. One might imagine a cozy hut, fresh milk, honest self-sufficiency, deep connection to the land, and time for what really matters. Freedom…

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