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SUMMARY:The Revolt in Rural Cambridgeshire in 1381 - Mingjie Xu (Universit
 y of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:The events of June in 1381 confronted the English government w
 ith a big scale in London. At the same time other areas similarly witnesse
 d outbursts of concerted violent protest against authority. This paper off
 ers an account of the events in rural Cambridgeshire. The account consider
 s the violent incidents in the county\, including their chronological and 
 geographical distribution and various forms of violence\, which establishe
 s that the scale of the revolt in this region is limited. It also explores
  the rebels involved in the rebellion\, including their social composition
 \, organisation and aims\, which show local peculiarities of the revolt in
  this county. This study\, together with recent local studies on the revol
 t\, reveals the complexities of the 1381 Revolt\, which is further utilize
 d to demonstrate the limitations of the extant two conflicting interpretat
 ions of the revolt.
LOCATION:Room 101\, Sir William Hardy Building\, Downing Site
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