Episode 27: Reform and Revolution


This illustration of the Cabochien Uprising comes from a Manuscript of The Life of Charles VII. As the source tends to be Armagnac-aligned, the violence of the uprising is played up. In all only a handful of people were killed during the riots that surrounded the Cabochien Uprising.

John the Fearless continues to be dominant in Paris, but with the Peace of Auxerre coming into effect, the Armagnacs are attempting to share in the Government of France once more. To ensure his power, John the Fearless courts the radicals of Paris and the Estates General, but soon the radicals develop a mind of their own and a medieval French Revolution might be in the making.

Time Period Covered: 1413

Notable People: John the Fearless, Louis of Guyenne, John Duke of Berry, Waleran of Luxembourg Count of Saint-Pol, Jean de Troyes, Simon Caboche, Pierre Des Essarts, Eustache de Pavilly, Jean Jouvenal

Notable Events/Developments: Peace of Auxerre, The Cabochien Uprising, The Ordonnance Cabochienne, The Estates General of 1413

Sources

John the Fearless by Richard Vaughan

The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings by Jonathan Sumption

The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet

Royal Intrigue Crisis at the Court of Charles VI 1392-1420 by R.C. Famiglietti

Burgundian Propaganda Under John the Fearless by Emily J Hutchison

Later Medieval France by P. S. Lewis

Popular Protest in Later Medieval Europe by Samuel Kline Cohen

Late Medieval France by Graeme Small

The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette

The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria by Tracy Adams

Wise and Foolish Kings by Anne Denieul-Cormier

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