Bibliograph

1381, the year of the Peasants' Revolt, Juliet Barker

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Label

1381, the year of the Peasants' Revolt, Juliet Barker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-476) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1381

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

882738849

Responsibility statement

Juliet Barker

Sub title

the year of the Peasants' Revolt

Summary

Written with the fluency readers have come to expect from Juliet Barker, 1381: The Year of the Peasants<U+2019> Revolt provides an account of the first great popular uprising in England and its background, and paints on a broad canvas a picture of English life in medieval times. Skeptical of contemporary chroniclers<U+2019> accounts of events, Barker draws on the judicial sources of the indictments and court proceedings that followed the rebellion. This emphasis offers a fresh perspective on the so-called Peasants<U+2019> Revolt and gives depth and texture to the historical narrative. Among the book<U+2019>s arguments are that the rebels believed they were the loyal subjects of the king acting in his interests, and that the boy-king Richard II sympathized with their grievances

Table Of Contents

"First published in the United Kingdom as England, arise: the people, the king and the great revolt of 1381 in 2014 by Little, Brown Book Group" -- Title page verso

Target audience

adult

Classification