
The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler
Stephen Basdeo(Author)
Pen & Sword History (Publisher)
Published on 19. February 2018
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-5267-0979-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Barnsley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Illustrations
32 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5267-0979-0 (9781526709790)
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Stephen Basdeo is PhD student at Leeds Trinity University. He is an expert in eighteenth and nineteenth century medievalism, and has carried out research into the legend of Robin Hood. Stephen's other research interests include the history of crime. He lives in Leeds with his family.