As a professor of medieval Europe, I’ve taught the bubonic plague, and how it contributed to the English Peasant Revolt of 1381. Now that America is experiencing widespread unrest in the midst of its ...

Set during the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, The Uprising follows Wat Tyler (played by Garfield), a humble farmer who becomes the unexpected leader of a large-scale rebellion against the crown ...

Necessity of popular risings outside Paris — Effect of taking of Bastille over-estimated — Difference between French and English Peasant risings — Importance of peasant insurrection Paris, by ...

Medieval peasants worked only around 150 days per year, a result of the church scheduling frequent holidays to keep the labor force happy. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: Many ...