Description: Juliet Barker provides an account of the first great popular uprising in England and a fascinating study of medieval life in English towns and countryside. She tells how and why an unlikely group of ordinary men and women from every corner of England united in armed rebellion against church and state to demand a radical political agenda.
Brief description: Juliet Barker is one of Britain's most distinguished literary biographers and medievalists and author of Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England.
Review Quotes: Juliet Barker has written a splendid account of the events of 1381 and their wider context, enlivened with many arresting anecdotes... Throughout the book, Barker challenges conventional assumptions about the uprising. She stresses how little is actually known of the alleged leaders of the revolt.--David Carpenter "London Review of Books" (6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM)