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We have all heard of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, which in this article is called the English Rising, a name new to me. To me it’s a little like the morphing of the Wars of the Roses into the so-called Cousins’ War. Yet the actual heading of the article refers to the Peasants’ Revolt.

The revolt is usually depicted as a spontaneous uprising, but we’re told that “….the rebels and their aims did not come out of the blue sky—the movement of 1381 was rooted in the development of popular protests, and their entanglement with elite conflicts, going back for over two hundred years….” So the rumblings of revolt in England seem to have been going on for a very long time, and of course are still going on today. 1381 certainly wasn’t spontaneous and unplanned but was very carefully coordinated and choreographed. Just as happens wth strikes, marches, protests and so on today.

The above link takes you an article that goes into much more detail, so I will not attempt to comment more. But it’s certainly worth a read.