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Unrest among peasants as well as prosperous …
Years: 1381 - 1381
Unrest among peasants as well as prosperous artisans and urban workers, a result of economic hardships related to the Black Death, peaks in 1380 when the English crown, through John of Gaunt, imposes, for war purposes, an oppressive poll tax of a shilling a head (a week’s pay for a free peasant; villeins, or vilage peasant-serfs, receive no wages) on every adult.
Its collection sparks revolt in June 1381 in Essex, where a village expels an overzealous tax collector, and spreads …
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Years: 1381 - 1381
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