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Life and legend of a rebel leader : Wat Tyler
- Title
- Life and legend of a rebel leader : Wat Tyler / Stephen Basdeo.
- Author
- Basdeo, Stephen
- Publication
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword History, [2018]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DA237.T9 B37 2018 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In 1381, England was on the brink - the poor suffered the effects of war, the Black Death, and Poll Tax. At this time the brave Wat Tyler arose to lead the commoners, forming an army who set off to London to meet with King Richard II and present him with a list of grievances and demands for redress. Tyler was treacherously struck down by the Lord Mayor. His head hacked from his shoulders, pierced on a spike, and made a spectacle on London Bridge. Yet he lived on through the succeeding centuries as a radical figure, the hero of English Reformers, Revolutionaries, and Chartists. The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler examines the eponymous hero's literary afterlives. Unlike other medieval heroes such as King Arthur or King Alfred, whose post medieval manifestations were supposed to inspire pride in the English past, if Wat Tyler's name was invoked by the people, the authorities had something to fear."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Tyler, Wat, -1381
- Tyler, Wat, -1381 > Influence
- Tyler, Wat, -1381 > Poetry
- Tyler, Wat, -1381
- 1377-1399
- Tyler's Insurrection, 1381
- Social classes > England > History
- Taxation > England > History
- Serfs > England > History
- Civil war > England > History
- English literature > History and criticism
- Civil war
- English literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Serfs
- Social classes
- Taxation
- Great Britain > History > Richard II, 1377-1399
- England
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- poetry.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Poetry
- Poetry.
- Poésie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
- Contents
- The great revolt -- The early modern period -- The eighteenth century -- Romanticism and revolution -- Radicalism and chartism -- The nineteenth-century historical novel -- 'Let's finish the job!' -- Wat Tuler poems, songs, and ballads.
- ISBN
- 1526709791
- 9781526709790
- OCLC
- ocn991186116
- 991186116
- SCSB-9061152
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library