Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (Captioned Version)

Series: Western Civilization: Majesty and Madness

Duration: 31

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Dramatizes the events leading up to and including England's unsuccessful peasant rebellion in 1381, led by Wat Tyler and John Ball. Shows Tyler, Ball, and Jack Straw inciting riots and demanding that King Richard II abolish serfdom. Records the King at first sympathizing with the rebels, later turning on them, and eventually torturing and executing them.

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