didn't work. A recent article in feudal limes on leaders Revolt offered this judgement, Lady no doubt with an eye to the contemporary situation:
fort was made to control prices And it led to the growth permanent migrant labour, illegal unions aspect of and strikes.
that of 600 years ago did not only have wage demands and ale cor- strikes to worry about.
Today, cher's concern is how to raise money to pay for all those lovely bombs, instruments of war which she says are necessary to defend us. 'The kings and lords of the tour teenth century faced a similar problem.
have between England soon grew hostile to it have They appreciated idea of fighting the war, nor of naving to pav for it message the ex- Richard II recorded a mutiny in his army in 1380:
success- men at arms and archers were retained to set forth in our services on this present expedition across the sea received wages wage freezes, disregarding their service to us they then returned from said coast to Maidstone, in ourselves. atJustice by a uu luci levied. population than the last, were imposed bet Tween 1377 and 1380. When the their scarce government sent special comseries of taxes in 1381 the storm broke.
Essex tacked a group of tax collecin the LOIS armed body of men headed by a chief US LICC rougher treatment number of soldiers were killed outrageous trom a wider area were involv. ed, and within a couple of days nobles the revolt had spread to Kent recorded bowthey, prospered how they, Io kill al ine lawyers, Juror and royal servants find. lords and other notable people flea towaras London. allempl lo direct its attention towards the and
King was the monarchy.
One of the slogans of the revolt was For King Richard and the True Commons', and the belief was that the young being manipulated, almost held captive by the lords who surrounded him.
No doubt he was something of a cypher for his advisers, but For instance, claimed the peasants 'raised the whole country and forced the people to follow, breaking into homes, consuming all the food, killing men, spoiling and destroying houses How familiar such reports are today when strike leaders are often accused of