The People of 1381

Helen Lacey, Mansfield College, University of Oxford

A video tour and introduction to the People of 1381 Project.

Video Introduction

Provides examples of ways the to use the People of 1381 Project for teaching and research

  • Orientation to the website: 0.38
  • Background to the risings: 1:43
  • Discussion of primary source material: 6:55

Website


Source Links


Discussion Questions

  1. What circumstantial details do we need to take into account when examining the two petitions of Margery Tawney?
  2. Why might women be underrepresented in the archival records of the revolt?
  3. What can this petition tell us about the role of law and justice in the rebellion of 1381?

Further Reading

A. Prescott, ‘‘Great and Horrible Rumour’’: Shaping the English Revolt of 1381’, The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt, ed. J. Firnhaber-Baker and D. Schoenaers (2016), p. 84.

S. Federico, ‘The Imaginary Society: Women in 1381’, Journal of British Studies, vol. 40, no. 2 (2001), pp. 159-183.

J. Barker, England Arise The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381 (2014).


Cite

Lacey, Helen, “The People of 1381,” Middle Ages for Educators, July 22, 2020. Accessed [date]. https://middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/node/186/