UDC 944.04.1

DOI: 10.22281/2413-9912-2020-04-04-20-30

Blumenau S. F.

CHALLENGES OF THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY JACQUERIE IN FRANCE AND RESPONSES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 caused many uprisings and revolts throughout France, the largest of which was the first peasant «Jacquerie» of the revolutionary period. The war with the rural France whose inhabitants made up two-thirds of the population of the whole country, was hopeless for the revolutionary authorities. The «Jacquerie» itself and the accompanying non-payment of seigneurial censuses and taxes, Church tithes and state taxes could lead to the economic collapse. Facing a problem of such complexity, the Assembly was able to find a way out. They ventured to undertake reforms that abolished some of the seigneurial rights and Church tithes. At the same time, the revolutionaries abolished the estate system and ensured civil equality. In a long historical perspective, this was an impressive start to the formation of a liberal democracy in France.

Keywords: Constituent Assembly, peasant revolt, seigneurial regime, Church tithes, estate system.

Academician I.G. Petrovskii Bryansk State University (Russia)

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