London on Fire: The Medieval Rebellion that stormed through England’s Capital

On the 13th of June 1381, the rebel army of English peasants, led by Wat Tyler, entered London and brought chaos, death and destruction upon some of the city’s most important buildings and figures, among them the Archbishop of Canterbury and his home at Lambeth Palace. Within the Tower of London, the 14 year-old Richard II and his government still cowered, with the rebels demanding that Richard’s treacherous advisors be handed over. Desperate, the charismatic young King was convinced by his advisors to ride out and meet the rebels. A meeting ensued, upon which the whole course of English history depended, as the radicals demanded terms that would mean the abolition of serfdom, and the transformation of the English social order forever.
Join Tom and Dominic as they describe the gory and unprecedented events of the Peasants' Revolt, and discuss the stories of mob violence, murder and vandalism…
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[@TeresaE116]

I love this! I listen to the podcast but, these are such a bonus seeing Tom and Dom’s expressions and laughter! Thank you for uploading these videos 👍🏻

[@davidtaylor747]

It's truly impossible to call who does the better impressions: Dominic or Tom. Dominic might have the authenticity, but Tom has the heart.

[@marywoolley-nb7ct]

The link between the rebels, the Pilgrim Fathers and Thatcherites is terrific 👏🏽

[@helenamcginty4920]

The pilgrim fathers were annoyed at being fined for not going to C of E Sunday services. They were not even singled out. All non confirmists including Roman Catholics were also liable to these fines. They went off to Holland for 10 yrs. But likevThatcher they were very money oriented. Once they found out there was more money to be made in N America they came back to England to get on a ship taking them there.

[@JJ_hehehehehe]

Thank god for this podcast today. Been a helluva week already. Thank you fellas!!!!

[@j.b.3825]

Please add the final episode of this series about Richard II’s later years and unhappy ending!!

[@sambcg]

Such a solid podcast this is. Deserves more views.

[@mishakka1]

This is the magic of Brookland! You guys have excellent chemistry, a wealth of knowledge and are laid back just enough for an excellent laugh. Love you guys a lot 🥰 52:10 😉 right back at you 😂😂

[@bucksolo703]

Every time I hear Tom say rebel I have the picture in my head of Return of the Jedi when the imperal officer says "you rebel scum" lol I don't know why lol

[@johnhaynes9910]

Just love these episodes and all the better on KZbin :)

[@sushidawgz]

Love how you guys are integrating video into the uploads! If i may make a suggestion, cold opens like in this video are a tad disorienting and leave unprompted viewers confused as to the subject matter. An introduction along with a teasers at the beginning of videos id wager would boost your viewer retention rate. Best of luck, cheers.

[@jme_a]

Dominic has the dulcet tones of a commoner, whereas Tom has that slightly camp upper class vibe. Tom is a wealthy Scottish landlord after all.

[@columbus7950]

I thought that Tom is from the Chalke Valley?

[@ciano9535]

They are both public schoolboys

[@KvltKrist]

Tom had the legendary "Scottish Estate" Hilarity.

[@MrTimslatter]

Focus on the history

[@MrTimslatter]

Listen to the history instead of focusing on the way they speak!

[@gmac55]

I prefer watching these than listening because you can see the speakers.

[@naomiseraphina9718]

Long live the memory of John Ball and Wat Tyler! I love the story of the Peasant's Revolt, even if it didn't succeed in undoing feudalism. and even if it could be labeled a "failure". I think that the fact that it only ended when the king was willing to actually FACE his people, and that the majority of the rebels weren't murdered and dismembered as "traitors", means that it was largely a success. What it really did, I think, was to remind the ruling classes and the monarchy that they owe their power to the consent of the governed, and that if that consent is withdrawn, there is no guarantee that the rulers will live to rule again. Knowing that your people will fight back if they are downtrodden too harshly is a good lesson for a leader. We could use a few more people's uprisings nowadays, I think. They're hygienic.

[@PeloquinDavid]

I've long thought there was no more archetypically English a revolt than the American Revolution...

[@michaelbedford8017]

This must surely be earliest example of a royal advisor using the term 'Ok'. I look forward to you chasing up this revelation.

[@jamiepaton5]

Justin. Brilliant stuff mate 😊

[@ODDwayne1]

Wow. Just now realized that Richard and Bolingbroke were the same age. Yes it's ironic that Henry was in refuge with his cousin Richard at this stage of life.

[@Gargoiling]

Is London Bridge worth an episode? I'm surprised Dominic didn't know it' was the only one for nearly all of the city's history. There's no evidence of any settlement before the Romans built a bridge. It's central to the history of the city and why London is where it is.

[@robertalpy]

There is a prison in london called the klink? We in the US call jail the klink...lol.

[@andersbjrnsen7203]

Thats not an American only expression, it was used in Scandinavian countries in my childhood (out of use now) and is probably a widespread expression used in several places, and all of them based on exact that prison.

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

9.37 Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop’s wine cellar, riot and revels. Sounds like a distinct possibility.

[@kyliedavies1695]

“The Clink” crikey the fact there was an original named example amazes me. I thought gaols were called the clunk because of the sound of a gaol door closing or a lock clinking

[@DJWESG1]

The torys need to listen to the intro here.. 'no one shall work but where he wishes'

[@brianfleming8561]

This was NOT about "British society". It was most definitely about English society. But an enormously interesting episode all the same.

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Welsh?

[@AlexDuggan68]

Very entertaining. There is a humorous novel called We Appy Few, set in medieval England, about a group of idiots who go off to fight the battle of Agincourt. Thats worth podcast.

[@joannemoore3976]

John Legge the Upskirter 😂😂😂

[@brendanquinn6894]

Why did the pheasants revolt ? Was it against the lyre birds ?

[@theshamanarchist5441]

It was the pheasant pluckers son.

[@bsastarfire250]

32.00 John Ball (c. 1338[1] - 15 July 1381) was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.[2] Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was actively preaching "articles contrary to the faith of the church" at least a decade before Wycliffe started attracting attention.[3] wikipedia.

[@More_Row]

You done with WW2 already ? I was hoping for more super in depth about different operations and technology from that.

[@kay2kin92]

Victor Davis Hanson covers WW 2.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

So you're saying the US was settled by cranky, ungovernable working classes? Sounds about right. I enjoy this channel although I'm a Yank.

[@HibernianScholar]

The largest ancestry ethnicity in the US is actually German, interestingly.

[@marcotylerwilliams4090]

Is Dominic in a bookshop?

[@GoBlueGirl78]

LOL

[@baarbacoa]

If you're a dictator, you always want clean hands. So you leave the dirty work to others.

[@jack88liyuan]

Never trust a king

[@johnarmstrong3451]

England wasn't a protestant country in 1381. You said the rebels were religious protestants. They would have been Catholic

16:16 - he says proto Protestant

[@jonathanlaver346]

It's a widely supported by the common folk basically anyone who wasn't from the landed gentry

[@adambotfield5436]

Starring down the barrel indeed

[@LTrotsky21stCentury]

"It's almost like the Prigozhin Revolt in Russia!" - Oh, Dominic. How many people were killed there? What promises were made by the government? Answers: 1, 0. It's almost like you're trying to falsely equate the heinous crimes of your own aristocracy with the non-crimes of a government you don't like.

[@williambranch4283]

No English peasant revolt has ever been successful for more than a few days.

[@DJWESG1]

And never more than 20 years.

[@williambranch4283]

@@DJWESG1 Peasants don't want to end the rich, they want to become the rich