Keep in mind that that number could easily be exaggerated for dramatic effect as a deterrent for future ambitious peasants. Also, just because that particular event didn't lead to sudden change doesn't mean it ended the struggle. Eventually, feudalism did indeed come to an end.

That being said, millions die every year due to the depravity of capitalism. Yet, in the west, nobody bats an eye. we are still well insulated compared to the struggles in the global south. They have been fighting for decades already. The pace of change is quickening day by day.

I think, if we are talking "Feudalism in decay" you actually want to be looking closer to the 1600's-1700's, and I think the commenters saying Mercantilism/Absolutism are closer to the mark than the peasant revolts.

The peasant revolts were all within the framework of Feudalism lorded over by Christendom, and largely a question of what kind of local concessions were to be given by The Church as part of local church doctrine.

100 years or so later, we see the waning of The Church's direct authority over the feudal structures as the monarchs mostly give up the pretense of divine mandate and feudal partitioning to the end of centralizing power within the crown itself.

Pentiment is a good shout though, and I agree on the point that "collapse" can be anything from a year to three centuries.

I thought pentiment was pretty fun 🥲