Summer Of Blood by Dan Jones
A vivid narrative history that reconstructs the explosive 1381 uprising in England, tracing the build-up from war, economic strain, the poll tax and post‑Black Death labor tensions to the mass movement led by figures such as Wat Tyler and radical preachers; it follows the march to London, the storming of prisons and manors, the killing of senior officials (including the Archbishop of Canterbury), the dramatic negotiations with the young King at Smithfield, and the subsequent violent suppression, arguing that though the revolt was crushed it exposed fault lines in medieval society and left a lasting mark on authority, class relations and political culture.
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