The Wat Tyler Revolution

[MerryPrankster]

WI Wat Tyler's peasant uprising in England had succeeded? They had occupied London, killed several odious officials, and even essentially took the young King Richard II hostage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt

http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/peasant.html

How might things look if feudalism was essentially abolished in the late 1300s?

[cow defender]

i wondered about this a while ago it was the uprising of the Great Companie (which was probably fictitious). I would love this to happen, but one problem i ran into was that the peasants, while hating much of the gentry and especially those influencing the king, fully supported their richard 2, and it was he who, ironically, was their downfall. If they are somehow more powerful and manage to influence the young king greater....

heh, it'd be strange to see how the revolutionary's views on the communal owership of women play out.

[robertp6165]

Originally Posted by cow defender

I would love this to happen, but one problem i ran into was that the peasants, while hating much of the gentry and especially those influencing the king, fully supported their richard 2, and it was he who, ironically, was their downfall. If they are somehow more powerful and manage to influence the young king greater....

This is true. Richard II betrayed the peasants...so the POD would have to be a change of heart by Richard. Perhaps he realizes that the nobles surrounding him are looking out for their own interests instead of his, and he backs the peasants against the nobility? After all, the nobles would eventually depose Richard II, starting the process which lead to the Wars of the Roses.

[cow defender]

okay so good ol' Dick 2 sides with the ppl, would he keep in place the 'companies' that have formed accross the country side and establish the 'great companie' something i'm guessing must be akin to parliament.
what would continental powers think of the situation on the green isle?
how much could we change english society?