The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 Explained: England's Turning Point

[@Elitist20]

The Pedants' Revolt: 'I had expected there would be less of you...' 'FEWER!'

[@x0rn312]

This is very clever

[@dankcaesar4760]

Stannis the mannis

[@alextrivunovic644]

*Pedant's

[@nomadpurple6154]

@@alextrivunovic644 multiple pedants, not just a single pedant

[@alextrivunovic644]

@@nomadpurple6154 i stand pedantically corrected.

[@TheAnadromist]

I am reminded that when the king was told that the peasants were revolting, he simply shook his head a moaned 'Why don't you tell me something I don't know?' Great stuff gents.

[@colinmagnier1232]

I get it now..

[@andrewmccormack5604]

Ever since, the ruling classes across the anglo-west have avoided allowing this to happen again and we've seen many a 'Wat Tyler' make similar mistakes and get out-played by underestimating the ruthlessness of the ruling class.

[@geraldbutler5484]

Yes, the skivers are still lording over us. Earls, lords, Barons, Viscounts, Princes, Dukes, etc, are still entrenched.

[@andersbjrnsen7203]

The "peasantry" of England has also been quite more free than most others since then, probably the "most free" in Europe with the exception of parts of the Alps and Scandinavia.

[@andrewmccormack5604]

​@@andersbjrnsen7203 absolutely, concessions are part of the many contradictions of historical human development

[@tomchiles9282]

Banger of an episode! Keep it up! Live from 🇺🇸

[@rat_king-]

how did that woodstock go?

[@Terinije]

The peasantry being upset at their feudal overlords was assuredly the norm, not the exception. Things didn't go suddenly bad for peasants, things went worse which elicited the revolt. And there was violence inherent in the revolt because they were revolting against violence that was inherent in the system.

[@diorocks5858]

Absolutely. Ted Heath was a character. His flight got turbulence and a lady collapsed on the Floor. Ted Screamed bring Brandy for Gods sake then he drank it. Sausage nothing interesting there just knee blisters and looking up to lord Ali standing like Nelson

[@spectatorwv1054]

Just to learn about Bill Payable was worth a listen.

[@MrVorpalsword]

Don't you think that the surname Payable was just a nickname given to William or his Dad or Grandfather (jobs running in families), that became the official surname of the local taxman a bit like any occupational surname? isn't Levy a very similar surname in meaning?

[@The123rasputin]

Nothing short of Brilliant; the man is a model Historian.

[@johnhaynes9910]

Brilliant as ever ! A silly memory to share with regard to names and jobs. Many years ago I lived in the London Borough of Hillingdon and at the time the Borough Treasurer who signed the Rate (Council Tax) demand was a certain Mr B Quick :)

[@faeembrugh]

My sister had a Chinese dentist called...Mr Ow.

[@thomasdonovan3580]

My Japanese exwife’s name was Sosuumi

[@thermionic1234567]

Too bad Stanley Kubrick is dead as that would be a great name for a character. I’m thinking “Clockwork” or “Strangelove.”

[@thermionic1234567]

@@thomasdonovan3580I hope the divorce didn’t break you financially and otherwise.

[@thomasdonovan3580]

“Well I didn’t vote for you!” “If I told you that I was king because some moisten tart threw a simitar at me *They’d put me away!”*

[@AlexMc9395]

Loving these two and their presentations, although one would not expect either to be massive supporters of socialism or sympathetic to the struggles of the common people.

[@jonhelmer8591]

So, the storm clouds finally broke sinking the ship of the desert?

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Which stirred up a straw which was ignited and caused it to pass through the eye of a needle despite it's infirmity.

[@Lumsdenaa]

About time , been waiting years for this

[@VonL]

Have I heard, in the initial few minutes, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s ‘kill the lawyers’?

[@mastermason552]

Ahh, an episode I've been waiting for, presented by my history chums across the pond. This one is well timed considering the current attitude between us peasants and the ruling class. Will enjoy this as i eat my porridge and gruel, before a day in the salt mines serving my masters😮

[@drew9351]

Did not know i could watch these ! Been listening the last few months

[@neilgadsby3924]

Looking forward to how this cliff hanger works out - not looking good for Richard II...

[@SithFam]

Lovely work gents

[@mojo199]

The word peasant had a different meaning in the middle ages, many peasants were land owners, skilled artisans and business owners, many were educated and relatively wealthy.

[@harrynewiss4630]

There's a lot of loose terminology here

[@mikenite8869]

What makes a peasant, a peasant then? 😂 Not assuming you’re wrong, just curious about if peasants (some) owned land/property, were wealthy, owned businesses, etc., then wouldn’t that essentially be the same as a Lord? Or whatever terms used for the next social class above them? If so, what were actual peasants as we know them to be, called? What makes your idea of peasants different from Lords/Baron/etc.? 🤯😭

[@harrynewiss4630]

@@mikenite8869 medieval society was a lot more varied than often thought. And in this period a lot of old distinctions were breaking down or becoming redundant. For instance you might hold some land by a free tenure, other land by villeinage.

[@jasonanderson5980]

​Technically, anyone not a member of the nobility or the clergy was a peasant. While most peasants would have farmed for a living, on land owned by a noble person or a clergyman, some peasants were merchants, craftspersons, or other skilled laborers.

[@divyarajkathait4417]

I have been looking for any reference on William Payable, could you provide me with?

These videos are back to front on the playlist

[@andrewpeake1712]

After all these years, the book, missing out on tickets when you were in Sydney! You do not look how I imagined. Thank you for the fantastic podcast. (Loved the series on countries from the World Cup)

[@robhalstrom2937]

Great job, fellas.

[@johncarroll772]

Brilliant podcast

[@chaseschneier1076]

Can’t find anything on Google about the English fleet sinking off Cornwall.

[@danielferguson3784]

In Scarborough, which regular contact by sea through trade etc with London, in 1381 when news of the 'Peasants Revolt' was learned, rising of the people also occurred. But far from being peasants it was the disaffected 'middling' sort of people who rampaged through the streets damaging property & causing mayhem. The leaders of the riotous mob however were not 'Peasants' but Burghers, businessmen, tradesmen, merchants & artisans, but with a particular axe of their own to grind. This was because the managing Council of the town was largely dominated by an almost hereditary & tiny core group of families, who of course favoured friends & family when it came to the economic & business affairs of the town. For this reason the rebels targeted particular people & properties connected to the dominant ruling group, & while doing so, to avoid recognition, they wore hoods, similar to those which the much later KKK would wear.

[@kevinrung4178]

Ayn Rand would not like that sermon!

[@ianmedford4855]

Its super weird that NOBODY has done anything on the Border Reivers and Wardens of The March.... Just sayin'

[@Camcolito]

This was nothing compared to the Pheasant's Revolt of 1831.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Or the Pleasant Revolt of 1622

[@huberticusrex]

​@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 that was a lovely one

[@itfc1959]

Would like a podcast on Kett's Rebellion, please. Now that one really was close. The monarchy only saved the day by bringing in Italian Mercenaries. Nearly got 'em! One day....

[@davidvasey5065]

Patriotic podcast

[@diorocks5858]

When Sausage is on TV the money shot is his knee blisters

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

But how? How can they intimidate the poor when they have the upper hand? Why does wage freeze work. Surly they can just rise up?

[@leshazell6050]

Because the lords have private armies and all the weapons good luck with fighting against that

[@petersuson7958]

Where does the influence of John Wycliffe comes into the picture?

[@esmith6656]

how does Downton Abbey play in this ?

[@Zifferony]

Tom Holland is using the words Peasants and Serfs interchangeably in this video time code 20:20. Are they at this period in English history the same by definition? By how he describes their rights and obligations I would say he's talking about serfs whereas peasants tended to have a stronger position in society and their local lords couldn't control them the same way. I know that in Scandinavia the peasant class were immensely strong by comparison to the peasant class on the European continent who tended to be serfs.

[@dustyfairview9062]

Can you put out a blacked out version? Would be nice. Just a title card? Maybe some source material?

[@teacherlee3102]

There is a podcast you can listen to instead.

[@tropics8407]

Wow ! 😳 Tax ! Who would have thought 🤔 and the government wasting our taxes to pay for and benefit themselves. Just like today. 🤷‍♂️ outstanding !🤩

[@danpovey]

Nobody tell the BBC that there was a British historical figure called the Black Prince.

[@AllTheBitsnPieces]

As an American viewer, I appreciate your diligence in providing clarification on minor points. ie. “They (The Commons) we’re made up of JPs”. I immediately thought, “like JP Morgan?” Would not have landed on Justices of the Peace. Next your gonna tell me MP stands for Member of Parliament and not Military Police. 🎉Cultural differences!🎉

[@Tconcept]

It stands for both, we have military policemen too you know 👍

tone

[@jonathangammond3019]

Studied it at school in the late 1980s for A level and we called it the Great Uprising rather than the Peasants' Revolt.

[@davidvasey5065]

think the peasants revolt is more cutting

[@harrynewiss4630]

@@davidvasey5065 but not accurate

[@badcarlos551]

What a missed opportunity

[@lc4011]

Love you guys! Is massive income inequality just the way of the western world? We find ourselves, distressingly, in much the same boat these days, with billionaires buying the political class.

[@fastpublish]

Was that all the lawyers? - Practicing Lawyer

[@robertgerrity878]

Start change by renaming it The Common People's Revolt. Go Judith Barker!!!

[@harrynewiss4630]

It wasn't led by peasants. The name given to it is a misnomer.

[@lukebrodin631]

Maybe I’m getting this wrong but why would anyone imply that the ruling class were the innocents ones in this situation? As if slavery and serfdom was moral?

[@johnwelsh699]

They revolted against john of Gaunt In an appeal to the King.

[@R08Tam]

Vive la révolution, vive la République

[@gbickell]

No cliché is off the table

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Except the cards held close to the vest!

[@gbickell]

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 that'll put a cat in the works or a spanner amongst the pigeons

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@gbickell Are you pulling my dog? I don't have a leg in this fight.

[@Historian212]

Why did they hurt the tax collector’s horse??

[@savidge08]

Gotta love the 1980s

[@philipbrooks402]

Dominic suggests that the manifesto of the rebels could also be viewed as a precursor to Protestantism. Although Tom has shown that the story of John Ball could not have happened as it was portrayed, it does not alter the fact that he was a radical. Where did he acquire his radicalism? Could there be a link between Ball and John Wycliffe, leader of the Lollards, who was also attacking the wealth of the Church and calling for the translation of the Bible into the vernacular? All at about this time.

[@yankeegonesouth4973]

I think that chronology is a little off. If I remember correctly, Wycliffe becomes notorious a few years later, after Ball has, er, left the scene. Also, if memory serves, that unpopular John of Gaunt fellow was actually Wycliffe's patron (which is important for Wycliffe's story - that his patron was not the king or the church hierarchy).

[@Hrossey]

A pre curser to Protestantism? Let me break this down in etym. You’re aware that a Christian Protestant means only that you protest? I’ve got a Mormon, a Baptist & and a Filipino church of Christ all laughing at you and asking for the commonality between them all? Sit down.

[@philipbrooks402]

@@Hrossey Could you rewrite you post in English?

[@curtistim]

The kindling spark of the capitalist nouveau riche, i would say. Nothing really to do with the poor.

[@Hrossey]

Curtis’s dwindling frailties, laid bare upon they vestiges of time. For cuckethed is he who cracks a capitalist banger, Ya banger.

[@JamieW-o7b]

Essex is still suffering for its part in this!

[@geoffreynhill2833]

I'm with Tom. (Dominic's wondering who Billy Bragg is.) 🤔(Green Fire UK) 🌈🦉

[@fawnmalone410]

@The Rest Is History please do the Pilgrimage of Graces. Henry VIII lied and excuted the ringleaders.

[@jasonellis9438]

Bloody Peasants🤴

[@amandahudson2038]

Nothing Chang’s does it?

[@technicolortony3091]

I love these, but yall really gotta finish some of these playlists out before you start new ones. That being said im looking forward to Napoleonic era

[@JóhannesJónsson-h9i]

I´m not paying up

[@firefox5926]

9:41 ah ... maggie would be proud lol

[@davidglenn5223]

The storm camels are gathering

The peasants are ‘revolting’

[@garytaf]

Maybe incarnation is real

[@ianbanks2844]

Sounds much like today - the oeople rising up against their tyrant oppressors .

[@nerian777]

My only gripe with the podcast is dropping French all the time for no reason. It's cringe and he's not good at it

[@crapmalls]

Thomas the revenue engine

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

💯 better when I can see you speak 😂

[@matthewnewberry7275]

The rest is Tory history. That's what so important isn't it? aspirational zeal in the blood.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

Im with Dom, if servants are tiresome, serfs must be unbearable.

[@leshazell6050]

Please stop using modern political terms to describe people from the past it's bloody annoying

[@Horwitz86]

Romanov the Windsors

[@perrykillsfrogs1]

Couldn't agree more.