A Dream of John Ball
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A Dream of John Ball is a historical fantasy novella by William Morris that imagines a time-travel encounter with the 14th-century priest and rebel John Ball during the Peasants' Revolt in England.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Dream of John Ball canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: A Dream of John Ball Context triple: [William Morris, notableWork, A Dream of John Ball]
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Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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The Rising of the Lark
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Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
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Target entity: A Dream of John Ball Target entity description: A Dream of John Ball is a historical fantasy novella by William Morris that imagines a time-travel encounter with the 14th-century priest and rebel John Ball during the Peasants' Revolt in England.
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A.
Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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B.
The Rising of the Lark
The Rising of the Lark is a traditional Welsh tune best known as the official regimental march of the Welsh Guards.
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C.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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E.
Much the Miller's Son
Much the Miller's Son is a member of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men, often portrayed as a loyal but somewhat simple outlaw companion in English folklore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical fantasy work
ⓘ
novella ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure | John Ball ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | British socialism ⓘ |
| author | William Morris ⓘ |
| centralFigureOccupation | priest ⓘ |
| centralFigureRole | rebel leader ⓘ |
| contains | vision of future society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
medieval English peasants
ⓘ
religious radicalism ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | time-travelling narrator ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1880s ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy literature
ⓘ
historical fantasy ⓘ political literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | William Morris ⓘ |
| hasMoral | struggle for freedom is continuous ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian socialism
ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | politically engaged readers ⓘ |
| languageStyle | archaizing English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | allegory ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
late Victorian literature
ⓘ
socialist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Ball ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | Commonweal ⓘ |
| relatedWork | News from Nowhere ⓘ |
| settingEvent |
Peasants' Revolt of 1381
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surface form:
Peasants' Revolt
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| settingLocation | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| structure | frame narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ equality ⓘ medievalism ⓘ revolution ⓘ social justice ⓘ utopian socialism ⓘ |
| workOf | William Morris ⓘ |
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