Thanks 11th_VA.
Posted on 08/10/2015 10:29:06 AM PDT by 11th_VA
I could easily see this being made into a movie today ... a lot of contempory relevance ...
Do they refer to London as “Old Ferguson?”
Peasants revolt was led by people who had jobs
The Occupy movement of 1381
I know Occupy and Socialists want to claim linkage to the ‘Peasants Revolt,’ but it’s more like ‘Uber workers’; the laborers want to compete for a fair wage but the ruling elites had the King pass a law so they could set their own wages.
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Go Trump..!
FIRE ERICK ERICKSON..!!!
FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
This Richard was Richard II and he was only 14 years old at the time and was only 4 years king since his father and older brother had already died before his grandfather Edward III. In part, a lot of this revolt was also because he was an obvious child king subject to regency-type management.
Richard II also ended badly as is the subject of Shakespeare’s play of that name. He exiles his overly strong cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and then disinherits him after the Duke’s death. Bolingbroke returns, finds he is more popular than Richard with the people who have money and arms, and so Bolingbroke deposes Richard II (the last Plantagenet King) and becomes Henry IV, the first Lancastrian King. Richard II is later murdered in captivity.
FYI: It is in Shakespeare’s Richard II that the famous soliloquy “... this sceptered isle” is spoken by John of Gaunt from his death scene (Act 2 Scene 1). The recent trilogy, “The Hollow Crown”, has this being spoke by Sir Patrick Stewart, who has some moderate fame from other acting roles.
King Richard III wasn’t exactly known for his trustworthiness.
For later
The Death of Wat Tyler by John Simkin
http://spartacus-educational.com/YALDdeathTyler.htm
[snip] The king said that Wat Tyler should have all that he could fairly grant. And then he ordered him to go back to his own home, without causing further delay. Wat Tyler sent for a jug of water to rinse out his mouth in a very rude manner before the king. At that time a valet from Kent, who was with the king, said aloud that Wat Tyler was the greatest thief and robber in Kent. Wat Tyler heard these words... and ordered one of his followers, who was mounted on horseback, to dismount and behead the valet... The valet said that whoever struck him would be struck in return. For these words Wat Tyler wanted to strike the valet with his dagger... The mayor of London, William of Walworth, tried to arrest him. Wat stabbed the mayor with his dagger in great anger. But as it pleased God, the mayor was wearing armour. The mayor struck back at Wat Tyler, giving him a deep cut in the neck, and then a great blow on the head. And during this scuffle a member of the king’s household drew his sword, and ran Wat Tyler two or three times through the body. He fell to the ground half dead. When the commons saw him fall... The king rode out to them, commanding them that they should all come to him at the field of St. John of Clerkenwell... When the king reached St. John’s Fields he was joined by a fine company of well-armed men. And they kept the commons like sheep within a pen. Meanwhile, the mayor went to kill Wat Tyler. When he came to Smithfield he asked what had become of the traitor. He was told that Wat Tyler had been carried by a group of the commons to the hospital for the poor near St. Bartholomew’s and put to bed. The mayor went there and found him, and had him carried out to the middle of Smithfield and had him beheaded. The mayor had his head on a pole and carried before him to the king at St. John’s Fields. [/snip]
Thanks 11th_VA.
These rebellions seemed to often come from Kent. Jack Cade’s rebellion in the next century also came out of that area.
Took the words right outta my mouth... <3
It was Richard II, not III
"They are my people! I am their sovereign! I LOVE Them. PULL!"
And the lesson today’s feudalists- socialists- learned from that day is not to let the peasants know they are being taxed!
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