Summer of Blood: Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381
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Faced with the heavy tax burden caused by the Hundred Years' War between England and France and the harsh labor laws after the Black Death, farmers who were once bound to the land coerced clergy and town residents to revolt and march towards London, the center of power in the Kingdom of England. How do unknown common people organize to fight against the nobility, church and wealthy businessmen who rule the country? How did the young King Richard II handle this major crisis that threatened the Plantagenet dynasty's rule, and what did he learn from it? The debut work of the well-known historical writer Dan Jones tells readers about this bloody and frenzied history of popular resistance in medieval England.
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