Had multiple socioeconomic and political causes coming to a head after the Black Death of the 1340's. The painting shows Richard II trying to subdue the rebels, but Wat Tyler, one of the leaders, was killed. By Nov. 1381 the rebellion was disbursed while 1,500 of the rebels were killed.
Peasants' Revolt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt#/media/File:Jean_Froissart,_Chroniques,_154v,_12148_btv1b8438605hf336,_crop.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt#/media/File:Jean_Froissart,_Chroniques,_154v,_12148_btv1b8438605hf336,_crop.jpg Peasants' Revolt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt#/media/File:Jean_Froissart,_Chroniques,_154v,_12148_btv1b8438605hf336,_crop.jpg The Peasants' Revolt, also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had vari... View on en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt#/media/File:Jean_Froissart,_Chroniques,_154v,_12148_btv1b8438605hf336,_crop.jpg Preview by Yahoo