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2 unusual facts about Saxon Peasants' Revolt


Saxon Peasants' Revolt

The wildlife plague caused by noble gamekeeping reserves initially led to unrest in game in Wehlen, which rapidly spread to other districts (Ämter).

So in the summer of 1790, more and more peasants rebelled against the Saxon state, the revolt being centred on Wechselburg.


Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon

He fought in Picardy (1636), in Guyenne, and finally against the Spaniards, and repressed the Peasants' Revolt (Révolte des Croquants) in 1637.

Black Company

The Black Company or the Black Troops was a unit of Franconian mercenaries during the Peasants' Revolt in the 1520s, during the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

Mile End Park

In 1381, 60,000 Men of Essex camped here and met Richard II at Mile End, on 14 June 1381, during the Peasants' Revolt.

Moses ben Isaac ha-Nessiah

The tombstone of a Rabbi Moses, son of Rabbi Isaac, was found at Ludgate, London, in the time of Elizabeth; John Stow, in his "Survey of London" stated that it came from the Jewish cemetery in Jewin Street at the time of the barons' revolt against King John in 1215.

Robert Tresilian

When Chief Justice Sir John Cavendish was killed in the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, Tresilian was appointed to take over the position.

St Nicholas Church, North Walsham

There was another delay at the time of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, following the Battle of North Walsham, when a large group of rebellious local peasants was confronted and defeated by the heavily armed forces led by the warlike bishop of Norwich, Henry le Despenser.


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