Peasant Politics and Class Consciousness: The Norfolk Rebellions of 1381 and 1549 Compared - 0 views
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International School of Central Switzerland on 26 Sep 11By contrast, the rebellions in Norfolk in 1381 and 1549 were centrally concerned with the nature of the manorial system and terms of tenure, issues that split lords and tenants into two competing groups. Conceived in Marxist terms, as Rodney Hilton put it, these rebellions were manifestations of conflict between the two main classes in late medieval England, lords and peasants. 4