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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 ...
The relationship between the Protestant Reformation and the Peasants' War has long been a subject of debate. A traditional understanding in this matter is that the Peasants' Revolt stemmed from Martin Luther's doctrine of spiritual freedom and the application of his ideas as religious justification for social and political upheaval.
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.
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. 1401–1409 Samogitian uprisings; 1419–1434 Hussite Wars; The Irmandiño revolts in Galicia in 1431 and 1467. The Engelbrekt rebellion of 1434–1436 in Sweden. 1437–1438 Transylvanian ...
English peasants Suppression of the rebellion, though Lancaster dynasty is weakened and eventually overthrown during the Wars of the Roses. [20] 1450–1451 John and William Merfold's Uprising Kingdom of England: English peasants Suppression of the rebellion [21] 1453–1454 Morea revolt of 1453–54: Despotate of the Morea
During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, he became well known for his actions against the high lord Thomas de la Mare, Abbot of St. Albans. [12] He led a deputation to King Richard II, whom the rebels met at Mile End [13] which 'extorted' a letter from the King to the Abbot forcing the latter to give up the royal charters he held to the rebels.
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.
The Statute of Labourers (and its counterpart, the Ordinance of Labourers) was, of course, very unpopular with the peasants, who wanted higher wages and better living standards, and was a contributing factor to subsequent peasant revolts, most notably the English peasants' revolt of 1381.