Revolt of the va-nu-pieds

Mémoires sur la sédition des va-nu-pieds et l’interdiction du Parlement de Normandie by Bigot de Monville

The Revolt of the va-nu-pieds (French pronunciation: [vanypje], barefooted ones) was an unsuccessful popular uprising in Normandy in 1639 following King Louis XIII's decision to set up the gabelle salt tax in Cotentin in place of the privilege of the quart-bouillon.