Wat Tyler
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Wat Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms. Whi
Tyler's death (left to right: Sir William Walworth, Mayor of London (wielding sword); Wat Tyler; King Richard II; and Sir John Cavendish, esquire to the king (bearing decorated sword))
Engraving by Anker Smith
The death of Wat Tyler, illustrated in the Chronicles of Jean Froissart
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
Wat Tyler
…Wat Tyler (1341 or c. 1320 – 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms. While…
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