Peasants' Revolt

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was a public rebellion that sent revolutionary ripples across the entire medieval world. In a new video series for History Hit, Matt Lewis has been looking beyond the ancient propaganda to reveal the previously unknown stories of the ordinary folk of the Peasants’ Revolt.

Matt has been working closely with investigative historians from the groundbreaking People of 1381 project. which has been uncovering the stories of individuals who were caught up in this revolt, either as rebels or as victims.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt is joined by Professor Andrew Prescott, a key member of the project who made some incredible discoveries .

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0:44.4	recorded popular uprising in England. All three episodes are available now if you'd
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0:58.0	For the series, we leaned heavily on the work of the People of 1381 project, which has been uncovering the real people
1:05.3	the individuals who were caught up in this revolt either as rebels or as victims
1:10.7	you can find out more about their work at 1381. online.
1:16.3	Professor Andrew Prescott is a senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow and a key member
1:21.3	of the project who made some incredible discoveries and I'm delighted
1:24.8	that Andrew is joining us now to explore them further with us.
1:27.6	Welcome to Gond Medieval, Andrew.
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