The Peasants' Revolt Was Crushed. So Why Did England Never Tax Like That Again?

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors by Heather Teysko

Sep 25, 202622:50Society & Culture

The rebellion is over in three weeks. Wat Tyler is dead, the charters are revoked, John Ball is executed, and by every measure that historians usually use, the Peasants' Revolt failed completely. Except that the tax that...

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