“England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381”

In the summer of 1381 England erupted in a violent popular uprising that was as unexpected as it was unprecedented.

Juliet Barker illuminates a volatile England on the verge of extraordinary social changes. Had the rebels´ demands been met, English society would have been transformed; their radical political agenda anticipated the French Revolution by four hundred years. England, Arise is an important and fascinating reassessment of the revolt itself and an engrossing, original study of life in medieval England´s towns and countryside.