The Worms of the Earth Against the Lions

villages began to refuse to pay tax

they began to arm themselves to weapons

they elected Wat Tyler as commander

they seize Canterbury and free John Ball

after seizing Canterbury the march began:

Ketishmen and Essex rebels meet

Abbeys and monasteries were hostile because it allowed judicial sentences

artisans and tradesmen gave aid to peasants

they opened prisons, destroyed homes, burned records, murdered landlord and officials

they forced lords to follow them in the march

they sought to kill lawyers, tax collectors, lords, judges, etc.

they just continued to kill until they were defeated

the government didn't want to fight the peasants and had to negotiate, they hoped that listening to their demands will make them disperse and go home

he was against the church and state and preached radical ideas. In his theory of leveling, he said that all things shall be held in common and that there should be no lords. He says that we are all the same and descendants from Adam and Eve. He wanted to exterminate all lords, judges, and lawyers and for all men to have equal freedom, power, and rank.

strong dislike; bitter hostility

(n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power