a person in the medieval period who worked the land and had few legal protections

an act of direct resistance against a leader or government

the social system of medieval England, with peasants, lords and the king in a strict hierarchy

a swelling of the lymph nodes and a symptom of the plague

The impact of the Black Death on England

History

The Statute of Labourers and the response to the Black Death

The decline of the feudal system

Richard II and the war in France

The Peasants' Revolt

The causes of the Peasants' Revolt

In this unit, pupils considered how a range of political, economic and social factors made the lives of peasants difficult in medieval England. In 'Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?', pupils will extend their knowledge of the lives of those who made up the majority of England's population by assessing the quality of life of the poor by the late-16th century.

In 'The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?', pupils studied some of the key consequences of the Black Death. In this unit, pupils will explain how those consequences contributed to the social and economic tensions which triggered the Peasants' Revolt in England.

In this unit, pupils learn about the differing interpretations that exist regarding the causes of the Peasants' Revolt. They will examine the impact of the Black Death on England alongside the short-term causes of the uprising.

The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?

the system of landholding introduced by William the Conqueror

a person who occupies or looks after property owned by another

a person who expects to inherit a position

a payment made to the government by every adult, regardless of how wealthy they are

violent action against a government or ruler

a peasant bound to work on a certain piece of land

tensions between different groups (e.g. workers and employers) over who has power

records kept by a lord of payments made to them by their tenants

another term for the feudal system: the system of landholding which bound peasants to a lord in return for land to farm

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