Was the Revolt a Threat to the Feudal System?
History: KS3, topic 7.4.4
Was the Revolt a Threat to the Feudal System?
Historians have different views to answer this question. Some argue that the threat to the Lords' power indirectly threatened the King's power while others argue that the feudal system as a whole was threatened.
Threat to Lords' power
- Some historians have argued that a threat to the Lords' power indirectly threatened the monarch's power because of their relationship within the feudal system.
- By attempting to remove the power from the Lords, the rebels in effect were trying to remove the power from the King too.
Threat to the feudal system
- Others argue that it was the feudal system itself that was threatened.
- They argue that the relationship between the ruling and the ruled changed because of the Peasants' Revolt.
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By attempting to remove power from the Lords, who were the rebels trying to remove power from in effect?