Peasants Revolt turns into a British Revolution?

Right, well in a world where the Maid of Norway has lived, conceived and given birth to a child with Edward II, and England and Scotland are in Personal Union, could a Peasants Revolt evolve into a French Revolution-esque British Revolution (which deposes the king), or anything else (like a Civil War maybe?) to the same effects?
I think it would be interesting, because it would bring about democracy alot earlier.
Also, could it unite Scotland and England, or would that have to happen earlier via the Monarchy?
 
I am not sure we would get anything but an early run at the Wars of the Roses.

The peasents still had no real power, it was still entirely in the hands of the nobels and the church. The revolt could not have maintained it's momentum, as it was running out of food. As David Eddings puts it "Any fool can raise an army, but you start running into trouble around suppertime".
 
it can't really, no. It's a huge modern fallacy that peasants and the average joes of this world have always hated or mistrusted kings. this is false. in 1381 the idea of declaring a republic would have been a crazy notion to the rebels, and many would have chosen to fight against it. what rebellions were generally aimed at was fighting the royal advisors who were mistrusted, or forcing the king to be publicly accountable, or forcing him to abdicate in favour of more popular totals (who had a valid claim to the throne) when the king's legitimacy was actually in question.
 
Any success for rebels in London in 1381 would not have resulted in a British revolution, merely and Englaish one.

England and Scotland are in personal union, possibly even a united kingdom, because of the survival of the Maid of Norway. There's been plenty of threads about it, read up on it, you'll see what I mean.
 
it can't really, no. It's a huge modern fallacy that peasants and the average joes of this world have always hated or mistrusted kings. this is false. in 1381 the idea of declaring a republic would have been a crazy notion to the rebels, and many would have chosen to fight against it. what rebellions were generally aimed at was fighting the royal advisors who were mistrusted, or forcing the king to be publicly accountable, or forcing him to abdicate in favour of more popular totals (who had a valid claim to the throne) when the king's legitimacy was actually in question.

What if there was a tyrannical king? The POD was earlier and resulted in a different line of monarchs, so it's entirely possible. Say he was a bitch towards the nobility as well, the peasants revolt could get the nobles behind them, but when it comes to leading the country, the peasants demands could match those of the soldiers, and the nobility suddenly find there army facing the wrong way?
By the way, I'm willing to got right up to just before ASB possibilities, because I'm writing a novel. As long as it's possible, I don't care.
 
To go slightly later:

The Pilgramage of Grace was the largest rebellion during the reign of Henry VIII, and essentially saught to completely overturn the entirity of the Break with Rome.

The people still referred to the dismissal of 'evil counsellors', and vocally cited their support for Henry himself. The only other thing they would have supported would be the replacement of Henry for Mary I if there was no other way of getting their goals.
 
Someone wrote a TL on this board where OTL's Peasant Revolt (Wat Tyler) succeeded, the lands of the nobles and the church were redistributed, and the Pope called for a Crusade.

It ended with the call for the Crusade. I don't remember what was done with the monarchy, but I suspect the rebels kept it due to their reverence for the person of the king (if not his government).
 
Someone wrote a TL on this board where OTL's Peasant Revolt (Wat Tyler) succeeded, the lands of the nobles and the church were redistributed, and the Pope called for a Crusade.

It ended with the call for the Crusade. I don't remember what was done with the monarchy, but I suspect the rebels kept it due to their reverence for the person of the king (if not his government).

You don't have a link to this TL by any chance? Thanks in advance :).
 
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