Writing and Rebellion: England in 1381 Volume 27

by Steven Justice

Book Overview

In this compelling account of the "peasants' revolt" of 1381, in which rebels burned hundreds of official archives and attacked other symbols of authority, Steven Justice demonstrates that the rebellion was not an uncontrolled, inarticulate explosion of peasant resentment but an informed and tactical claim to literacy and rule.

Focusing on six brief, enigmatic texts written by the rebels themselves, Justice places the English peasantry within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520206975
• ISBN13: 9780520206977
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"