# Canonical recap data for Peasants' Revolt (1381)
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slug: peasants-revolt-1381
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1381/peasants-revolt-1381"
title: Peasants' Revolt
subtitle: English serfs challenged feudal hierarchy through coordinated uprising, foreshadowing challenges to medieval social order.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1381-05-30
endDate: 1381-11-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1381
decade: 1380
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France d
summaryLong: The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London. The revolt heavily influenced the course of the Hundred Years' War by deterring later Parliaments from raising additional taxes to pay for military campaigns in France.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jean_Froissart%2C_Chroniques%2C_154v%2C_12148_btv1b8438605hf336%2C_crop.jpg/1280px-Jean_Froissart%2C_Chroniques%2C_154v%2C_12148_btv1b8438605hf336%2C_crop.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Peasants' Revolt"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Revolt"
  title: Peasants' Revolt 1381
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
- war
metaDescription: The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various
wikidataQid: Q498871
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260625023236/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-25
  label: Peasants' Revolt 1381
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Revolt"
taxonomy:
domain: social_movement
eventTypes:
- riot
- protest
- activist_campaign
canonicalClasses:
- mobilization
- conflict
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: emergent
intentionality: spontaneous
domainCoupling: multi_domain
