Peasants' Revolt of 1381

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event in English history popular revolt rebellion uprising

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was a major English uprising of commoners against heavy taxation and feudal oppression, culminating in a march on London and challenging royal authority during the reign of Richard II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Rising of 1381	1
Wat Tyler's Rebellion	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in English history ⓘ popular revolt ⓘ rebellion ⓘ uprising ⓘ
after	Black Death ⓘ surface form: Black Death in England
alsoKnownAs	Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ surface form: Great Rising of 1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ surface form: Wat Tyler's Rebellion
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime	1381-11 ⓘ
hasCause	economic hardship after the Black Death ⓘ feudal oppression ⓘ poll tax ⓘ resentment of serfdom ⓘ war taxation for the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
hasSlogan	When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kingdom of England in the Late Middle Ages ⓘ
leader	Jack Straw ⓘ John Ball ⓘ Wat Tyler ⓘ
location	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
longTermEffect	gradual decline of serfdom in England ⓘ increased awareness of commoners' grievances ⓘ
mainParticipant	English peasants ⓘ artisans ⓘ urban laborers ⓘ
opponent	English nobility ⓘ King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II of England Government of England ⓘ surface form: royal government of England
partOf	social conflicts of the Late Middle Ages ⓘ
precededBy	poll tax of 1377 ⓘ poll tax of 1379 ⓘ
religiousAspect	influenced by radical preaching of John Ball ⓘ
result	execution of rebel leaders ⓘ revocation of royal charters granted to rebels ⓘ strengthening of royal authority in the short term ⓘ suppression of the revolt ⓘ
significantEvent	death of Wat Tyler ⓘ killing of Robert Hales ⓘ killing of Simon Sudbury ⓘ march on London ⓘ meeting at Mile End ⓘ meeting at Smithfield ⓘ storming of the Tower of London ⓘ
startTime	1381-05 ⓘ
taxTypeOpposed	poll tax of 1381 ⓘ
timePeriod	reign of Richard II of England ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peasants' Revolt of 1381 → alsoKnownAs → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wat Tyler's Rebellion

Peasants' Revolt of 1381 → alsoKnownAs → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rising of 1381

Vox Clamantis → associatedEvent → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

Lollardy → associatedWith → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

Vox Clamantis → contemporaneousWith → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

Chronicles of Jean Froissart → coversEvent → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

Late Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

Vox Clamantis → mainSubject → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

House of Plantagenet → notableEvent → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

King Richard II of England → notableEvent → Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard II of England