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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 ...
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Year 1381 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events ... John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England (murdered) Wat Tyler, ...
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Walter "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.