The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 write by Richard Barrie Dobson. This book was released on 2008-11. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Anonimalle Chronicle, 1333 to 1381
The Anonimalle Chronicle, 1333 to 1381 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anonimalle Chronicle, 1333 to 1381 write by Vivian Hunter Galbraith. This book was released on 1970. The Anonimalle Chronicle, 1333 to 1381 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Spectres of John Ball
Spectres of John Ball - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spectres of John Ball write by James G. Crossley. This book was released on 2022. Spectres of John Ball available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries, the priest John Ball was one of the most infamous or famous figures in the history of English rebels, best known for his saying 'When Adam delved and Eve Span, Who was then the gentleman'. But over the past hundred years his memory has faded dramatically. Along with Wat Tyler, Ball was one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, a historically remarkable event in that leading figures of the realm were beheaded by the rebels. For a few days in June 1381, the rebels dominated London but soon met their demise, with Ball executed. Ball provided the theological justification for the uprising which he saw in apocalyptic terms. After the revolt, he was soon vilified and received an overwhelmingly hostile press for 400 years as an archetypal enemy of the state and a religious zealot. His reputation was rescued from the end of the eighteenth century onward and for over one hundred years he rivalled Robin Hood and Wat Tyler as a great English folk (and even abolitionist) hero. But his 640-year reception involves much more, of course, and is tied up with the story of what England is or could be.Overall, the book explains how we get from an apocalyptic priest who promoted a theocracy favouring the lower orders and the decapitation of the leading church and secular authorities to someone who promoted democracy and vague notions about love and tolerance. The book also explains why he has gone out of fashion and whether he can make another comeback.
Now is the Time
Now is the Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Now is the Time write by Melvyn Bragg. This book was released on 2015-10-08. Now is the Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-year-old King of England had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign. But within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded London, led by a former soldier, Walter Tyler, and the radical preacher John Ball, demanding freedom, equality and the complete uprooting of the Church and state. And for three intense, violent days, it looked as if they would sweep all before them. Now is the Time depicts the events of the Peasants' Revolt on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying its central figures and telling an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently powerless.
When Adam Delved and Eve Span
When Adam Delved and Eve Span - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When Adam Delved and Eve Span write by Mark O'Brien. This book was released on 2016-09-15. When Adam Delved and Eve Span available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Adam Delved and Eve Span is an introductory history of the inspirational English peasant rising of 1381. The book recounts, against the backdrop of 14th century England - including the daily struggle of peasants for food and justice and the devastation wrought by the Black Death - the events of the Peasants' Revolt, both in London and in the regions, conveying their breathtaking speed and bringing rebel leaders, such as Wat Tyler and John Ball, to life.
