Medieval Europe: Knights, Kings, and Brutal Survival — Fexingo History
The 1381 Peasants' Revolt: When England's Commoners Stormed London
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In June 1381, tens of thousands of English peasants and townsfolk marched on London, burned the Savoy Palace, beheaded the Archbishop of Canterbury, and forced the fourteen-year-old King Richard II to negotiate. This episode follows the revolt from its spark in Essex — when tax collector John Bampton was driven out of Fobbing — to the bloody confrontation at Smithfield. We meet Wat Tyler, the charismatic leader who presented radical demands for an end to serfdom and feudal dues; John Ball, the radical priest preaching that 'when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?' and the young king whose promises evaporated once the rebels dispersed. We examine the deeper causes: the poll taxes that crushed the poor, the Statute of Labourers that capped wages after the Black Death, and the simmering resentment against a nobility that seemed to hoard wealth while commoners starved. The episode also covers the brutal suppression that followed, the fate of the rebel leaders, and the surprisingly lasting impact — the poll tax was never tried again, and serfdom quietly declined in the decades after. A story of desperation, courage, and betrayal that echoes through English history. #PeasantsRevolt #RichardII #WatTyler #JohnBall #PollTax #SavoyPalace #Smithfield #BlackDeathAftermath #MedievalEngland #Serfdom #Essex #Kent #Fobbing #TylerRebellion #MedievalHistory #EnglishHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]
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