Flame of Freedom: The Peasants' Revolt of 1381Describes the provocations and events of England's Peasants' Revolt of 1381 which, even though unsucessful, brought a better way of life for the peasant. |
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abbey abbot Albans aldermen armed Baker Bampton beheaded bishop Black Blackheath Brentwood bridge Cambridge Cambridgeshire camp castle Cavendish charters of freedom Church command common companions Council counties cried demands Despenser Despenser's drawbridge Earl England Essex executed Farringdon field Fobbing force gate Geoffrey Lister hated head heard houses Jack Straw John Ball John of Gaunt John Wraw join Kent King Richard King's kingdom knew knights land London Lord Mayor manors Mile End moat monastery monks mounted Norfolk Norwich oppression palace Peasants poll tax priest prison reached rebel army rebel leaders rebellion replied revolt rich ride Robert Cave rode royal party Savoy seemed seized sent serfs shire shouted Simon of Sudbury Sir Robert Hales Smithfield soldiers Statute of Laborers stood street Suffolk summoned Thames Thomas Farringdon Tom Baker Tower town traitors Tresilian uprising villages villeins walls Walworth Wat Tyler Wat Tyler's death Wraw