How Did The Peasants Revolt Change The Worldviews Of The Middle Ages

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Medieval Ages were known as the “Dark Ages” for an evident reason. Ninety percent of the entire population weren’t born into noble blood. People could not access the education that the higher nobles could. This left the peasants vulnerable to the clergy that translated the bible since they did not care for the worth of the peasants. When the peasants took a stand this changed many aspects of worldviews. Worldviews of feudalism, power, education and religion changed for the better. The Peasants’ Revolt (1381) had the biggest impact on changing the worldview because it changed worldviews on feudalism, power, education and religion, more of the population could give ideas and think on their own, and better the community they resided. There are multiple reasons why the Peasants’ Revolt had such a great impact on worldview. Take another historical event that occurred during this time, for example there was the Black Plague. The Black Plague, for instance, had no …show more content…

The peasants started the actual riot because of the wages and taxes. Although the Black Plague did make the peasants rebel once, the civilians were shut down when the Statute of Labourers was presented. Overall those efforts because of the Black Plague ended up useless. The main reason the peasants rebelled was the way higher nobles behaved toward lower ranking citizens. This could also be a valid point towards the Crusades. The Crusades did not affect education as much as the Peasants’ Revolt did. The Peasants’ Revolt was the turning point for education whereas the Crusades only aided the higher nobles in knowledge. After the Crusades the peasants still needed knowledge, no one other than higher nobles got formal education. The Peasants’ Revolt gave the rest of the population power and made people realize that the peasants were human beings and deserved

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