Blackheath, London
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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile nort
Blackheath village
Southeast View of All Saints' Church in Blackheath Common
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The Pagoda
Peasants' Revolt
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The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic an
Blackheath, London
…It was later leased to the Prince Regent, principally used as a summer home by Caroline of Brunswick. Blackheath was a rallying point for Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and for Jack Cade's Kentish rebellion in 1450, both recalled by road names on the west side of the heath. After camping at Blackheath, Cornish…
The boy-king Richard II meets the rebels on 14 June 1381
English soldiers landing in Normandy, c. 1380–1400, during the Hundred Years' War
15th-century depiction of Sudbury and Hales' murders
Peasant longbowmen at practice, from the Luttrell Psalter, c. 1320–1340