The Worms of the Earth Against the Lions

The Worms of the Earth Against the Lions

Multiple Choice

Poll tax

bonds of villeinage(person who is subject to a lord and has to pay him)

lack of legal and political rights

could not plead in court

bound to duties of servitude

mistrust of government

belief that authority could be challenged

• VAT tax

• Cause of the revolt

• Tax for being born

• Tax for getting married

description of the march

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

Why did Richard II grant the charter?

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

Fill in the Blanks

he murdered the archbishop and began to tear apart the city. He told his followers to massacre the top class and wanted to take over London. He wanted to a seizure of power He rejected the old charter and made a new one which said:

rank and status will abolished

all men equal

church dis endowed

estates divided among the commons

only 1 bishop

hierarchy to be eliminated

John Ball

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.

Multiple Choice

the rich will cause they death of themselves for not paying for what they did to the poor. The poor will stand up against the cruel rich. If the meek are said to be sons of god why do they have to wait for their rights? If all men are of common origin, why are some confined in hereditary servitude. If we all die, is it possible that the sins on earth is against the will of god?

• Taylor's point of view

• Priest point of view

• Richard II's point of view

• Rebels' point of view

Multiple Choice

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

• animosity

• demagogue

• hi

• annotation

animosity

strong dislike; bitter hostility

demagogue

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