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The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
Wat Tyler (4 January 1341 (disputed) – 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England.He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms.
La Matanza (Spanish for 'The Massacre') refers to a communist-Indigenous rebellion that took place in El Salvador between 22 and 25 January 1932. After the revolt was suppressed, it was followed by large-scale government killings in western El Salvador, which resulted in the deaths of 10,000 to 40,000 people.
The Jacquerie was a peasant revolt that took place in northern France in 1356–1358, during the Hundred Years' War. The Tuchin revolt 1378–1384; The English Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. It is the best documented among the revolts of this period.
The revolt was quickly crushed by the earl, John Neville, though he made little attempt to quell Redesdale's actions. [189] Warwick and Clarence had spent the summer assembling troops, officially to suppress the revolt but in early July they travelled to Calais , where Clarence and Isabel were married in a ceremony overseen by Warwick.
Revolt of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan; Revolt of the Pitauds; Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine; Revolutions of 1917–1923; 1907 Romanian peasants' revolt; Russian Peasants' uprising of 1905–1906
The Battle of Billericay took place on 28 June 1381 when the boy King Richard II's soldiers defeated the Essex rebels adjacent to a wood north-east of Billericay, part of the Peasants' Revolt. This is likely to have been Norsey Wood , which maps of 1593 show to cover the same extent as in the early 20th century.
Pages in category "Peasants' Revolt" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...