In the early to mid-fourteenth century Europe was in the midst of an economic crisis, and compounding this problem, Europeans were being ravaged by the Bubonic Plague. The millions of people who died during the Black Death created economic turmoil, and “nobles tried to make peasants bear the brunt of the crisis.” The peasants in defense of their rights rose up in a series of revolts against the nobles. (Perry, Chase, Jac

The Middle Ages saw the beginnings of change towards revolution. Peasants attacked the social system. John Ball expressed egalitarian sentiments because he said that England would be in turmoil until social distinctions were leveled and until, “the lords shall be no more masters than ourselves.” There also gradually emerged the idea that law was not imposed on inferiors by an absolute monarch but required the collaboration of the king and his subjects. (Perry, Chase, Jacob, Jacob, and Von Laue 241, 283, 284, 291) “The English [during the 1380’s] faced a threat closer to a societal revolution than simple revolt.” Unfair taxes along with social distinctions were at issue.

ob, Jacob, and Von Laue 281-283) “ Panicked peasants, pompous prelates, and passing gas: a brief survey of tax revolts in the Middle Ages” expounds upon the general knowledge of the tax revolts in the Middle Ages because it provides specific examples of the peasants revolting against the monarchy and papacy, because it delves deeper into how the monarchy resisted papal authority, and because it shows how the people of this time were on their way t

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