[1] In 1378, the town council of Le Puy imposed an indirect tax on consumption at a flat rate in order to subsidise the war with England.
"[1] During the Montpelier riot of 1380, according to one account, rioters "quarters the bodies of King's officers with knives and ate the baptized flesh ... or threw it to the beasts".
[2] The revolt spread west as people objected to heavy taxes to pay for the king's war.
A crowd stormed the Hôtel de Ville (town hall) and set the tower on fire, burning several councillors alive and forcing others to jump to their deaths.
The Duke of Berry intervened quickly at Béziers, ordering forty-one rebels executed by hanging and four more beheaded in the town square as an example.