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In the winter of 1434-1435, at the height of the Hundred Years’ War, numerous village militias in Lower Normandy turned their weapons against the English, masters of the Duchy since its conquest (1417-1419). The insurgents converged on Caen, but failed to capture it. Since the 19th century, the episode generated a spirited historiographical controversy, which has recently been revived. Should it be seen as a demonstration of the latent Anglophobia of the Norman population faced with the occupier? Or was it proof that the “nation of France” existed not only the propaganda of the Valois, but also in the hearts of theirs subjects, even though they had been forced to swear an oath to the dual monarchy? Christophe Maneuvrier has recently proposed an original re-reading of the event: a frumentary revolt may have been disguised as a patriotic insurrection by the Valois propaganda. The aim of this study is to highlight the weaknesses of this reinterpretation and to support the theory that it was an Anglophobic uprising.