The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 Explained: England's Turning Point

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4 ай бұрын

By the late 14th century, England was in decline. Already weakened by the Hundred Years’ War, both Edward III and his son, the Black Prince, had died, leaving the country in a perilous state. Richard II, the new king, was only a child. With the poor facing increasingly harsh poll taxes, and distrust of the nobility growing among them, an uprising broke out in southern England in 1381. It was led for the first time by peasants, a class of person invisible on the historical stage up to this point. The Peasants’ Revolt would prove to be one of the most iconic events of English history, altering not only England’s society and the fate of her monarchy, but also generating a new kind of grassroots radicalism.
Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the outbreak of this landmark moment in the history of English socialism, building up to the climactic moment when Richard II and his men find themselves besieged in London by the rebel army surrounding her walls, under the leadership of the elusive Wat Tyler…
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@Elitist20 4 ай бұрын

The Pedants' Revolt: 'I had expected there would be less of you...' 'FEWER!'

@x0rn312 3 ай бұрын

This is very clever

@dankcaesar4760 3 ай бұрын

Stannis the mannis

@PatrickRivers-cy2dh 23 күн бұрын

Bravo! Je ne connaissais pas cet épisode pourtant crucial de l'histoire britannique. Vous deux êtes de brillants raconteurs. Merci.

@johnhaynes9910 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant as ever ! A silly memory to share with regard to names and jobs. Many years ago I lived in the London Borough of Hillingdon and at the time the Borough Treasurer who signed the Rate (Council Tax) demand was a certain Mr B Quick :)

@faeembrugh 3 ай бұрын

My sister had a Chinese dentist called...Mr Ow.

@thomasdonovan3580 3 ай бұрын

My Japanese exwife’s name was Sosuumi

@thermionic1234567 3 ай бұрын

Too bad Stanley Kubrick is dead as that would be a great name for a character. I’m thinking “Clockwork” or “Strangelove.”

@thermionic1234567 3 ай бұрын

@@thomasdonovan3580I hope the divorce didn’t break you financially and otherwise.

@tomchiles9282 4 ай бұрын

Banger of an episode! Keep it up! Live from 🇺🇸

@rat_king- 2 ай бұрын

how did that woodstock go?

@TheAnadromist 4 ай бұрын

I am reminded that when the king was told that the peasants were revolting, he simply shook his head a moaned 'Why don't you tell me something I don't know?' Great stuff gents.

@colinmagnier1232 4 ай бұрын

I get it now..

@spectatorwv1054 3 ай бұрын

Just to learn about Bill Payable was worth a listen.

@The123rasputin 3 ай бұрын

Nothing short of Brilliant; the man is a model Historian.

@Lumsdenaa 4 ай бұрын

About time , been waiting years for this

@drew9351 3 ай бұрын

Did not know i could watch these ! Been listening the last few months

@SithFam 3 ай бұрын

Lovely work gents

@divyarajkathait4417 4 ай бұрын

I have been looking for any reference on William Payable, could you provide me with?

@andrewpeake1712 4 ай бұрын

After all these years, the book, missing out on tickets when you were in Sydney! You do not look how I imagined. Thank you for the fantastic podcast. (Loved the series on countries from the World Cup)

@johncarroll772 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant podcast

@neilgadsby3924 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward to how this cliff hanger works out - not looking good for Richard II...

@jonhelmer8591 4 ай бұрын

So, the storm clouds finally broke sinking the ship of the desert?

@mastermason552 4 ай бұрын

Ahh, an episode I've been waiting for, presented by my history chums across the pond. This one is well timed considering the current attitude between us peasants and the ruling class. Will enjoy this as i eat my porridge and gruel, before a day in the salt mines serving my masters😮

@thomasdonovan3580 3 ай бұрын

“Well I didn’t vote for you!” “If I told you that I was king because some moisten tart threw a simitar at me *They’d put me away!”*

@Zifferony Ай бұрын

Tom Holland is using the words Peasants and Serfs interchangeably in this video time code 20:20. Are they at this period in English history the same by definition? By how he describes their rights and obligations I would say he's talking about serfs whereas peasants tended to have a stronger position in society and their local lords couldn't control them the same way. I know that in Scandinavia the peasant class were immensely strong by comparison to the peasant class on the European continent who tended to be serfs.

@spankflaps1365 4 ай бұрын

Destroying financial records buildings, six centuries before Fight Club.

@itfc1959 2 ай бұрын

Would like a podcast on Kett's Rebellion, please. Now that one really was close. The monarchy only saved the day by bringing in Italian Mercenaries. Nearly got 'em! One day....

@davidvasey5065 14 күн бұрын

Patriotic podcast

@dustyfairview9062 3 ай бұрын

Can you put out a blacked out version? Would be nice. Just a title card? Maybe some source material?

@teacherlee3102 3 ай бұрын

There is a podcast you can listen to instead.

@firefox5926 2 ай бұрын

9:41 ah ... maggie would be proud lol

@corinth492 3 ай бұрын

The word peasant had a different meaning in the middle ages, many peasants were land owners, skilled artisans and business owners, many were educated and relatively wealthy.

@benjaminblakemore9704 4 ай бұрын

But how? How can they intimidate the poor when they have the upper hand? Why does wage freeze work. Surly they can just rise up?

@robertgerrity878 3 ай бұрын

Start change by renaming it The Common People's Revolt. Go Judith Barker!!!

@jonathangammond3019 4 ай бұрын

Studied it at school in the late 1980s for A level and we called it the Great Uprising rather than the Peasants' Revolt.

@davidvasey5065 14 күн бұрын

think the peasants revolt is more cutting

@R08Tam 3 ай бұрын

Vive la révolution, vive la République

@fastpublish 3 ай бұрын

Was that all the lawyers? - Practicing Lawyer

@ianmedford4855 4 ай бұрын

Its super weird that NOBODY has done anything on the Border Reivers and Wardens of The March.... Just sayin'

@user-hj4nm7ms2g Ай бұрын

I´m not paying up

@tropics8407 3 ай бұрын

Wow ! 😳 Tax ! Who would have thought 🤔 and the government wasting our taxes to pay for and benefit themselves. Just like today. 🤷‍♂️ outstanding !🤩

@Camcolito Ай бұрын

This was nothing compared to the Pheasant's Revolt of 1831.

@geoffreynhill2833 2 ай бұрын

I'm with Tom. (Dominic's wondering who Billy Bragg is.) 🤔(Green Fire UK) 🌈🦉

@gbickell 2 ай бұрын

No cliché is off the table

@user-nx8ii4ef7f 3 ай бұрын

Essex is still suffering for its part in this!

@philipbrooks402 4 ай бұрын

Dominic suggests that the manifesto of the rebels could also be viewed as a precursor to Protestantism. Although Tom has shown that the story of John Ball could not have happened as it was portrayed, it does not alter the fact that he was a radical. Where did he acquire his radicalism? Could there be a link between Ball and John Wycliffe, leader of the Lollards, who was also attacking the wealth of the Church and calling for the translation of the Bible into the vernacular? All at about this time.

@yankeegonesouth4973 3 ай бұрын

I think that chronology is a little off. If I remember correctly, Wycliffe becomes notorious a few years later, after Ball has, er, left the scene. Also, if memory serves, that unpopular John of Gaunt fellow was actually Wycliffe's patron (which is important for Wycliffe's story - that his patron was not the king or the church hierarchy).

@user-oy4bn7bi1j 3 ай бұрын

As an American viewer, I appreciate your diligence in providing clarification on minor points. ie. “They (The Commons) we’re made up of JPs”. I immediately thought, “like JP Morgan?” Would not have landed on Justices of the Peace. Next your gonna tell me MP stands for Member of Parliament and not Military Police. 🎉Cultural differences!🎉

@Tconcept 3 ай бұрын

It stands for both, we have military policemen too you know 👍

@garytaf 2 ай бұрын

Maybe incarnation is real

@curtistim 3 ай бұрын

The kindling spark of the capitalist nouveau riche, i would say. Nothing really to do with the poor.

@benjaminblakemore9704 4 ай бұрын

💯 better when I can see you speak 😂

@ropeburnsrussell 4 ай бұрын

Im with Dom, if servants are tiresome, serfs must be unbearable.

@Terinije 4 ай бұрын

The peasantry being upset at their feudal overlords was assuredly the norm, not the exception. Things didn't go suddenly bad for peasants, things went worse which elicited the revolt. And there was violence inherent in the revolt because they were revolting against violence that was inherent in the system.