The Great Rising

The Great Rising or Wat Tyler's Rebellion was an attempted revolution in England in 1381 as peasants opposed to income inequality and high taxes on the peasantry. 100,000 peasants marched from Essex to London and captured numerous towns. In London, they freed prisoners, killed numerous priests and declared a war against the rich. However, the English army crushed the rebellion and no economic concessions were made. However, some anarchists like Murray Bookchin see the rebellion as the start of a cultural shift towards a desire for egalitarianism and skepticism towards authority.