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The Peasant's Revolt - Page 2


© Viola Ashford
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Apr 30, 2002


However, Richard soon thought better of these requests and the reforms were not introduced. His subjects began to distrust the young King. Wat Tyler had been killed by the Mayor of London at the meeting with the King because he had been abusive. Most of the other leaders were condemned to death.

The lot of the villeins was improving and they had learnt a valuable lesson from this episode: "United, they possessed considerable power. Their first attempt to exercise that power had been unsuccessful, but only because they had been foolish enough to trust in the good faith of their King. It was a mistake they would not make again".1.

1. Norwich, John Julius. Shakespeare's Kings, Penguin, London, 2000, p. 66

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