THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH REVOLT OF 1381

Tedj, Ghomri; Miloud, Mehdani

حوليات جامعة بشار
Volume 15, Numéro 15, Pages 190-202
2015-12-15

The Social And Economic Origins Of The English Revolt Of 1381

Authors : Tedj Ghomri . Miloud Mehdani .

Abstract

Although the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 broke out suddenly, hostility to upper class of society was the fruit of long-lasting oppression of the poor in towns as well as villages by the government. Craftsmen,, parish priests, poor citizens of the laboring class rose with the peasants in their call for the abolition of feudalism and its resulting injustice they had undergone at the economic and social levels. The wide variety of insurgents indicates the high level of dissatisfaction with the fraud and corruption that prevailed during the 14th century in England. Such discontent is the proof Medieval English people were class-conscious and aware of their role as a human beings who can hope for a better life. If the Revolt failed in its immediate goals, it strengthened the pursuit emancipation by the poor from villein status, unfair wages, and unreasonable taxation.