Practice question · Select all that apply
Which statements about the English rising of 1381 are supported by the evidence?
Hints
- Three of these describe the rising as historians now read it; one is the older assumption.
- Ask who has the organisation and the confidence to march on London.
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- A. Its demands included the abolition of serfdom
- C. It was triggered by a poll tax
- D. Its leadership included relatively prosperous villagers and artisans
Why
Destitution rarely organises. The rising drew on villagers with something to lose, in a generation whose labour had become valuable and whose government was legislating to hold wages down. Rising expectations meeting a blocked path is a better model of it than misery.
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