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Wat Tyler is the protagonist of the penny dreadful serial novel Wat Tyler; or, The King and the Apprentice which appeared in weekly parts in The Young Englishman's Journal in 1867, and appears as a main character in William Harrison Ainsworth's Merry England; or, Nobles and Serfs (1874).
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 ...
The Battle of North Walsham was a medieval battle fought on 25 or 26 June 1381, near the town of North Walsham in the English county of Norfolk, in which a large group of rebellious local peasants was confronted by the heavily armed forces of Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.
Tyler Perry is looking back at a traumatic moment from his childhood.. While being honored during the Paley Honors Fall Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Wednesday ...
The Green Bay Packers will not have wide receiver Christian Watson for the rest of this season after he tore his ACL in Week 18, head coach Matt LaFleur announced on Monday. “It’s not good ...
Julia Stiles is remembering Heath Ledger fondly as the 17th anniversary of his death approaches.. Stiles, 43, made an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Monday, Jan. 13 ...
Richard II watches Wat Tyler's death and addresses the peasants in the background: taken from the Gruuthuse manuscript of Froissart's Chroniques (c. 1475) Whereas the poll tax of 1381 was the spark of the Peasants' Revolt , the root of the conflict lay in tensions between peasants and landowners precipitated by the economic and demographic ...
Though Tyler Hilton now travels the world to meet adoring One Tree Hill fans regularly, it turns out they didn't initially welcome Chris Keller with open arms.. Hilton, 41, tells PEOPLE that when ...