Poor harvests and food shortages were exacerbated by the catastrophic eruption of the Icelandic volcano Laki in 1783–84, affecting climatic conditions in Europe. Rumors spread that King Louis XVI or his nobles planned to use foreign troops or hired gangs to reimpose order in rural France, causing panic among peasants.
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