Ontario High School History of England . their own baronage, who treatedthem brutally, broke out, in 1358, into a savage revoltcalled the Jacquerie, from Jacques, the nickname of the French peasant. Thisonly added to the awfulmiseries which afflictedFrance, for the Englishjoined in the work ofcrushing the revolt, andended it by ruthlessmassacre. Sheer exhaus-tion now led to a peace,and, in 13G0, was signedthe Treaty of it Edward securednot, indeed, all he hadaimed at, but yet a greatdeal. Formerly he hadruled Aquitaine as vassalof the French king; nowhe was to hold it as anindepend
Ontario High School History of England . their own baronage, who treatedthem brutally, broke out, in 1358, into a savage revoltcalled the Jacquerie, from Jacques, the nickname of the French peasant. Thisonly added to the awfulmiseries which afflictedFrance, for the Englishjoined in the work ofcrushing the revolt, andended it by ruthlessmassacre. Sheer exhaus-tion now led to a peace,and, in 13G0, was signedthe Treaty of it Edward securednot, indeed, all he hadaimed at, but yet a greatdeal. Formerly he hadruled Aquitaine as vassalof the French king; nowhe was to hold it as anindependent ruler, own-ing no allegiance toFrance. Edward wasalso to keep Calais andthe territory about it,and King John, his prisoner, was to pay the enormousransom of £750,000. All this France was to lose, butEdward, in turn, gave up his claim to the Frenchcrown. Thus, although France was now partitionedbetween him and its king, Edward had not made goodhis claim to be the lawful heir to the French throne. 2. The Domestic Policy of Edward III. Movable Breaching Tower The English colony in Ireland.—In Ireland Edward hada problem not unlike that which he faced in France. Twohundred years earlier, Henry II had made himself lord of THE HUNDRED YEARS* WAR 125 Ireland (p. 77). Yet the English had never mastered thecountry. In the intervening time, no reigning king hadset foot in Ireland. There was thus no central authorityto insist on unity, and the Irish remained divided intotribes, each with its own laws and habits. The Englishcolony at Dublin followed English customs. As Parliament
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