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How Rain, Dead Cows and the Black Death Started the Peasants' Revolt
In June 1381, rebels broke into John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace, the wealthiest house in England. They smashed the gold plate, crushed the jewels with hammers and threw the silver in the Thames. According to one chronicler,...
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