Revolt of the papier timbré
1675 REVOLT IN WESTERN FRANCE
Revolt of the Bonnets Rouges; Révolte du papier timbré; Révolte des Bonnets Rouges; Revolt of the papier timbre
The Revolt of the papier timbré was an anti-fiscal revolt in the west of Ancien Régime France, during the reign of Louis XIV from April to September 1675. It was fiercest in Lower Brittany, where it took on an anti-lordly tone and became known as the revolt of the Bonnets rouges (after the blue or red caps worn by the insurgents according to region) or revolt of the Torrebens (a war cry and signature in one of the peasant codes).