Editing Charente-Maritime (section)

==== Renaissance ====
[[File:Lonzac eglise3.JPG|thumb|The church of [[Lonzac]], a rare [[Renaissance architecture]] example in Saintonge.|left]]
Post-war recovery in Saintonge and Aunis was rapid, with lords granting land to peasants, spurring population growth and agricultural revival.<ref name=":10">{{Harvtxt|Boutinet|2001|p=30}}</ref> [[Louis XI]] confirmed communal charters, and towns like [[Marennes, Charente-Maritime|Marennes]] (1452) and [[Jonzac]] (1473) gained fair rights.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Combes|2001|p=209}}</ref> La Rochelle’s trade flourished, welcoming foreign ships despite plagues (1500–1515) and a 1518 hurricane.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Massiou|1846b|p=412}}</ref> In 1542, [[Francis I of France|François I]]’s attempt to impose the ''[[gabelle]]'' tax on salt sparked revolt, initially subdued by [[Gaspard de Saulx]], but he granted amnesty after arriving in La Rochelle.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Massiou|1846b|p=441}}</ref> The ''[[Revolt of the Pitauds|Jacquerie des Pitauds]]'' erupted in 1548, spreading regionally; rebels seized Pons, Saintes, and Royan, but [[Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency|Anne de Montmorency]]’s harsh repression crushed it, though [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] later restored the old tax system in 1555.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Audiat |first=Louis |date=2008 |title=La révolte des Pitaux |trans-title=The Pitaux Revolt |url=http://www.histoirepassion.eu/?1547-1548-La-revolte-des-Pitaux-par-Louis-Audiat |access-date=March 16, 2025 |website=histoirepassion.eu |language=fr}}</ref> Cod fishing grew from ports like [[La Tremblade]] and Royan by 1546, and Jacopolis-sur-Brouage was founded in 1555 as a salt trade hub.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Boutinet|2001|p=36}}</ref>