Re: The Pet Peeve thread
In France there were a number of very bloody peasant revolts, especially during the Hundred Years War when living conditions were at their lowest. Check out the word "Jacquerie" on wikipedia to get an idea of the...creativity of desperate peasants. Yurk.
(BTW, the word "Jacquerie", while originally being the name given to that particular revolt, has entered the French lexicon to mean any peasant uprising against their nobles, with implications of savagery, atrocities and rabid bloodthirst. Which leads me to surmise said revolts were common enough that they'd need their own word)
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