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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 ...
Year 1381 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events ... June 12 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels from Kent and Essex, ...
The English colonization of America had been based on the English colonization of Ireland, specifically the Munster Plantation, England's first colony, [6] using the same tactics as the Plantations of Ireland. Many of the early colonists of North America had their start in colonizing Ireland, including a group known as the West Country Men ...
Thomas Baker (died 4 July 1381) was an English landowner and one of the leaders who initiated the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. [1] Thomas Baker's holding was "Pokattescroft alias Bakerescroft" in Fobbing. This holding still exists, although by the time of the 19th-century tithe map it had become known as Whitehall Six Acres. [2]
1381: May – June: Peasants' Revolt: Also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England led by Wat Tyler. 1386 16 September Henry V, the future king of England (r. 1413-1422), is born to parents Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. 1395: The Statute of Praemunire was issued.
McConaughey stars as a farmer who becomes the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt, a major uprising that took part across large parts of England in 1381. Sales: FilmNation (international); CAA Media ...
John Ball (c. 1338 [1] – 15 July 1381) was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. [2] Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was actively preaching "articles contrary to the faith of the church" at least a decade before Wycliffe started attracting attention.
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