Cabochiens
The most radical partisans of the Bourguignons during the period under Charles VI are generally considered to be Cabochiens . denoted the maddened civil war that broke out in France between the Armagnacs and Bourguignons . In a narrower sense, these are the participants in the bloody uprising that raged in Paris from April 27 to August 2, 1413 .
Its name is derived from the leader of the movement, Simon Le Coustelier, called Simonnet or Simon Caboche , a skinner at the slaughterhouse ( escorcheur de vaches à boucherie Saint-Jacques ) near the church of Saint Jacques de la Boucherie , who has been working since the beginning of the conflict maintained close relations with the Duke of Burgundy Johann Ohnefurcht .
The movement of the Cabochiens was the result of a long-smoldering dissatisfaction, which arose on the one hand from the conditions in the administration, on the other hand from the extravagance and excesses in the environment of the insane king, which were primarily accused of his wife Isabeau and his brother Louis of Orléans . After a meeting on January 30, 1413, the Estates General of the Langue d'oïl attempted a reform that would bring the old rules of financial management back into force. A commission was set up to draft the decree of May 26th, which had nothing revolutionary about it, as it was essentially just a systematic compilation of the various decrees of kings Charles V and Charles VI. duration.
At the same time, various groups of the Parisian population, especially the butchers, who were poorly integrated in the bourgeoisie, obtained political concessions after unrest, threats and hostage-taking from the surrounding area and the king's family. This violent crackdown distracted from the reform movement that moved within the public order and compromised it and its leaders, such as Johann Ohnefurcht, the Duke of Burgundy, and numerous university professors such as Jean Courtecuisse and Pierre Cauchon , who carried out a fundamental reform of the state and the administration wished, but had held back in this regard.
The situation turned at the beginning of August when the upper middle class, led by Jean Jouvenel , succeeded again in asserting itself against a section of the common people. The Duke of Burgundy fled, followed by his most important followers, including Caboche. The Armagnac party established its rule in the city, where one terrorist act followed another.
The Armagnacs conceded the reform decree on September 5th, which was now also derided as a cabochienne , since they saw a connection between the popular movement and the work of the state commission.
See also: Paris in the Middle Ages , Treaty of Pontoise (1413)
literature
- Alain Decaux, André Castelot (ed.): Dictionnaire d'Histoire de France Perrin . Perrin, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-262-00228-2 .
- Alfred Fiero: Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris . Robert Laffont, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-221-07862-4 .