John Ball's Sermon to the People | The Peasants' Revolt 1381

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2 жыл бұрын

While the Peasants' or Great Revolt of 1381 was sparked by an attempt to collect taxes in Essex, its underlying causes went much deeper, to a sense of natural justice, as articulated here in John Ball's sermon.
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@Blake-Urizen 2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert: the struggle continues.

@TechTins_Projects Жыл бұрын

Yes it does. Nothing much has changed that much other then they are much richer and we are less poor.

@davidcockayne3381 8 ай бұрын

@@TechTins_Projects John Ball was hanged, drawn and quartered for his troubles. You don't see too much of that sort of carry on these days. A sense of proportion based on a modest knowledge of history wouldn't go amiss.

@petetube99 2 жыл бұрын

Inequality today is orders of magnitude greater than it was in 1381. The billionaire is an entirely modern phenomenon. John Ball wouldnt be impressed.

@jncc1701 2 жыл бұрын

Not quite smh get out of your bubble

@jamesroseblad Жыл бұрын

@@jncc1701yeah quite mate

@paulbutterworthbillericay 10 ай бұрын

I am currently researching Peldon where John Bull grew up, great speach, by he

@johnharker7194 11 ай бұрын

Is there a rendition of this sermon in period correct English?

@colinslant 13 күн бұрын

When Adam delved and Eve span, who then was the gentleman?

@brookcej 2 жыл бұрын

Compare to economic and financial disparities today. People with low-paying jobs or jobs that are difficult physically are toiling and laboring, and do they get much compensation for it? Who would a John Ball of today be? In the USA, would it be Bernie Sanders? Of course there is a higher degree of globalization today, which wasn't on the planet nearly in the same way or to the same level I would think in 1381.

@brookcej 2 жыл бұрын

How many people believe in or can fathom the Adam and Eve reference (0:41). Of course, compare to modern science. Did people just believe in the Adam and Eve reference at the time? Are there some people who still try to believe in that?

@GGTutor1 Жыл бұрын

Nobody is as enlightened as you and everyone who ever lived is more stupid than you are. Please, give us more of your amazing insight and knowledge.

@TechTins_Projects Жыл бұрын

Yes they did. But even the few intelligent atheists that were living then, would also reason that all humans must have had a common ancestor. As that is pure logic.