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La Révolution française a créé une rupture inédite dans la vie quotidienne des habitants des campagnes. Cependant, l'extrême rareté des écrits paysans empêche l'historien de saisir leur ressenti et leurs sentiments profonds. Comment les paysans ont-ils vécu ces années révolutionnaires ? Quels ont été leurs sentiments et leurs réactions face aux événements nationaux ou locaux ? Cet article, par la publication d'une source peu connue et énigmatique, propose de faire entendre la parole d'un villageois du Pays de Caux à travers ce qu'il raconte de son expérience personnelle et le regarde qu'il porte sur les événements qui se sont déroulés sous ses yeux.

The Historical Social Conflict Database (HiSCoD) is an ongoing project designed to provide to scholars and society at large with a set of resources for analyzing social conflict from the Middle Ages to the second half of the nineteenth century (c. 1000–c. 1870). Based on original archival research and existing repositories, the aim is to provide a global database of social conflict in past societies by collecting, aggregating, documenting, and harmonizing instances of conflict. As of today, the database contains data on more than twenty thousand events, from fiscal scuffles to urban revolts involving thousands of individuals. For every event, we provide information on the date, location, type of conflict, and, when possible, number of participants, participation of women, and a summary of events.

AbstractThis article presents new estimates of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We use a vast array of primary and secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index (CPI) and twelve regional wage series. We find that unskilled labourers earned similar wages across the agricultural, maritime, and textile sectors. Historical evidence suggests that Norman employers grappled with a tight labour market, which placed more pressure on wage increases. We posit that this situation is best explained by the combination of the early fertility transition, resulting in slow demographic growth and the rapid development of the textile industry accelerated by the arrival of cotton. Finally, we also provide tentative evidence suggesting that labourers with stable employment could have earned a little less than their English counterparts during this period.