Medieval Revolts That Shook Europe

Within a single generation, three revolts terrified medieval Europe. The Jacquerie of 1358 saw French peasants burn castles after the Black Death and the defeat at Poitiers.

In 1378 the ciompi, underpaid wool workers in Florence, stormed the Palazzo della Signoria under Michele di Lando and won the first guild seats ever held by unskilled laborers. Then in 1381 the English Peasants Revolt marched on London under Wat Tyler and John Ball.

Compare all three in the revolution database and see what fear, plague, and wages have in common..