[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch18z2:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch18","Charles VI: Minority, Madness, and Civil War (1380–1422)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch18z2","1381–1382: Taxation and Revolts (Maillotins, Harelle)","\u003Cp>The government of the uncles inherits a more efficient state… and therefore a greater capacity to levy taxes. But society remains fragile: weakened demography, unstable local economies, memories of the crises. In this context, war taxation became a trigger for revolts.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧾 Taxation as a Political Fault Line\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>When taxes rose or were prolonged, contestation was not only economic: it targeted the legitimacy of those who governed. Towns could organise, mobilise guilds, and turn a fiscal dispute into a public order crisis.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏙️ Paris and Rouen: Maillotins and Harelle\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In January \u003Cstrong>1382\u003C/strong>, the council restored old taxes and indirect levies. Contestation spread rapidly throughout the \u003Cem>pays d’oïl\u003C/em>. In \u003Cstrong>Rouen\u003C/strong>, the \u003Cstrong>Harelle\u003C/strong> revolt broke out at the end of February. In \u003Cstrong>Paris\u003C/strong>, on \u003Cstrong>1 March 1382\u003C/strong>, rioters known as the \u003Cstrong>Maillotins\u003C/strong> sacked the city and attacked tax collectors, striking them with iron mallets.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The reaction was harsh: the monarchy had to restore order, but also preserve its capacity for financing. Repress, punish, then reorganise: executions and hangings of ringleaders, ceremonial submission of towns, and administrative reassertion. This brutality was also a message: the king and council intended to reaffirm authority at a moment when the minority made power vulnerable.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Taxation is one of the sinews of war, but also one of the sinews of protest.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Urban revolts show that the reinforced state remained politically fragile.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The government of the uncles inherits a more efficient state… and therefore a greater capacity to levy taxes. But society remains fragile: weakened demography,",1777502646445]