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Remembering John Ball and the 1381 English Uprising
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THIS summer marks the 640th anniversary of the 1381 English uprising, often known as the Peasants’ Revolt.
The uprisings in the south-east have become the most famous. On their arrival in London, the (largely) disciplined rebels selected political, legal and ecclesiastical targets associated with the ruling class.
Remarkably, rebels managed to get into the Tower of London and decapitate some of the most powerful people in England, including the Archbishop of Canterbury (and Chancellor of England), Simon Sudbury.
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