Test your History skills in this KS3 quiz on the Peasants' Revolt. The Peasants' Revolt is also sometimes known as Wat Tyler's Rebellion. He didn't organise it but became the leader during the troubles. He probably wished that he hadn't, as he was killed during the negotiations with the Lord Mayor of London and the King. The Peasants' Revolt was not only the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history but also the best-documented popular rebellion ever to have occurred during medieval times.
There were several causes of the Revolt. Europe had suffered the Black Death and about a third of the population had been wiped out. There was therefore a labour shortage and the landowners (barons and the Roman Catholic Church) feared that the peasants would ask for higher wages. A law (The Statute of Labourers of 1351) was passed to prevent this and life was therefore made much harder for the peasants, whose income came from working the land. When Edward III died, his successor was Richard II, who was only 10 years old. The country was therefore run by the barons who took advantage of the situation.
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The Peasants' Revolt
Thirty years after the Black Death killed millions of people throughout Europe
|
Introduced by King Edward III to benefit the nobles and Catholic Church
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labourers were required to work for the Catholic Church for free whenever they were asked to
|
He didn't start the revolt but became leader after the peasants captured Canterbury
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other smaller revolts took place around the country but were on a much smaller scale
|
He was only 14 at the time!
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
A second poll tax introduced by John of Gaunt was the final thing that sparked off the Revolt
|
The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453. It lasted more than 100 yrs but wasn't continuous. It placed a great financial burden on the King and nobles which is why the poll tax was introduced to make the people pay for it instead
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
It was very unfair as rich and poor had to pay the same
|
He was a priest who spoke out against how the Catholic Church exploited the peasants
|