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Peasant revolt — Peasant, Peasants or Popular is variously paired with Revolt, Uprising and War and may refer to (sorted chronologically): *Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 209BC *Yellow Turban Rebellion 184 *Bagaudae in third to fifth century Gaul and Hispania… … Wikipedia
Peasant Revolt in Albania — The Peasant Revolt in Albania Hendrik Reimers, Dutch captain of the International Gendarmerie, captured by rebels (June 1914) … Wikipedia
Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328 — The Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323 1328 was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe. Beginning as a series of scattered rural riots in late 1323, peasant insurrection escalated into a full scale rebellion that dominated public affairs in… … Wikipedia
Croatian–Slovenian peasant revolt — A non contemporary representation of the execution of Matija Gubec at the square in front of st. Mark s Church in Zagreb, by Oton Iveković The Croatian Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 was a large peasant revolt in today s Croatia and … Wikipedia
Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt — The Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 was a large peasant revolt in Croatia and in what is now Slovenia. The revolt, sparked by cruel treatment of serfs by a local baron, ended after 12 days with the defeat of the rebels and bloody… … Wikipedia
Slovenian peasant revolt of 1515 — The Slovenian peasant revolt of 1515 was a peasant revolt which engulfed most of what is now Slovenia. The rebels captured most castles. The revolt was put down by the imperial army, with the deciding battle fought at Celje.See also popular… … Wikipedia
Peasant — A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground. The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays , or countryside. The term peasant today is sometimes used in a pejorative sense… … Wikipedia
revolt — I n. 1) to incite, stir up a revolt 2) to crush, put down, quash, quell a revolt 3) a peasant revolt 4) a revolt breaks out, erupts 5) a revolt against II v. (D; intr.) to revolt against, at * * * [rɪ vəʊlt] at erupts … Combinatory dictionary
revolt — Synonyms and related words: antagonism, antipathy, appall, arise, backlash, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, boycott, boycottage, break, breakdown, breakup, cataclysm, catastrophe, challenge, civil disorder, clashing, clean slate, clean… … Moby Thesaurus
PEASANT WAR or BAUERNKRIEG — revolt of the peasantry in the S. and W. of Germany against the oppression and cruelty of the nobles and clergy which broke out at different times from 1500 to 1525, and which, resulting in their defeat, rendered their lot harder than before.… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
