Some peasants felt that such a young king could be pressurised into making changes that would improve their lives. The trigger for the revolt came in May 1381. A tax collector arrived in Fobbing ...

Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system ...

Five centuries ago, Germany experienced a massive popular revolt that spread through ... to have taken place in Europe since the English Rising of 1381, and there would be nothing else on a ...

the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It has been placed on the St Albans Museum and Gallery in Hertfordshire - the site where he was tried. It was presented by the Blue Plaques St Albans ...

The 1381 English peasant rebellion was led by women. Initiated by Johanna Ferrour in the county of Kent against imposition of a crushing poll tax, it transformed into a revolt against feudalism as ...