Continuing the story of the Peasant Revolt of 1381, Lauren B details the demands that the rebels make of 14 year old King Richard II. They demand an end to serfdom, rent reduction, the freedom to trade, and freedom from any punishments for their uprising. Tune in to hear the conclusion of this true tale of blood, guts, and betrayal.

Huge thanks to Lauren B for bringing this story to life for us. Her brilliant research and her animated storytelling brought so much fire and substance to the show. She even created the cover art for this and a few of our previous episodes! You can find more of her collage work as well as her time-lapse illustrations and hand lettering on our C&C Instagram page or her personal page, which you can find here. 

I also want to thank our resident anticapitalist bartender -- Jesse Torres -- for creating an amazing cocktail for this episode. He joins us again to explain how he crafted this cocktail and how you can easily make your own at home.  You can find Jesse on Instagram here.

Cocktail Pairing:

The Billerickey Ambush

1 ½ oz   Gin (Hendrick’s, Bombay, and Chicago Distilling are all women made gins)

¼ oz  Fresh Lime juice

          Soda water

Take a Collins glass and fill with cubed ice. Add gin, lime juice, and top with soda water. Give a small stir to incorporate and then top with 3-4 dashes of aromatic bitters like Angostura. Add a straw, garnish with a lime wedge and smile. 

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The Tower of London stands supreme among British historic landmarks. From the Peasants' Revolt to the Tudors, and from the execution site to the Crown Jewels, the Tower encompasses British history for royals, rebels, and romantics.

Show Notes:

Host: Carol Ann Lloyd
Guest: Siobhan Clarke
thehistoryguides.com
Books: King and Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship (2021), The Tudors: The Crown, the Dynasty, the Golden Age (2020), A Tudor Christmas (2018)
Note: You can purchase UK-published books not yet available in the US online at bookdepository.com or blackwells.co.uk. Siobhan's book about Elizabeth I will be published in the UK in spring 2022.

Creative Director: Lindsey Lindstrom
Music: Historical Documentary licensed through Audio Jungle/Envato Markets

Let's shake up history together!
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This week, Lauren B. tells us about the horrors and injustices experienced by the peasants in medieval England. By fleshing out the effects of the plague and the oppressive measures that colonial rulers forced upon the surfs, Lauren lays the groundwork for the story of the Peasant Revolt of 1381. Tune in next week to hear the rest!

Lauren B is an incredibly talented subsistence maker who creates masks and other socially and environmentally ethical products out of secondhand materials. She wrote our prior episode titled "Resisting Fast Fashion," in which she explains the social and environmental horrors of the fashion and fabric industries.  Check out her masks here!

Sources:

Boring Tony Robinson BBC Documentary

Terry Jones Medieval Lives 1 of 8 The Peasant

https://www.historyonthenet.com/medieval-life-feudalism-feudal-system

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

https://www.worldhistory.org/Peasants'_Revolt/

https://johnball1381.org/

https://www.1381.online/

Law & Order in Medieval England 

Piers Plowman Great Uprising 

http://www.1381.online/people_and_places/

https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/12062

When the Weather Went All Medieval 

The History of Plague

History Collection

https://explorethearchive.com/peasants-revolt

Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to educate, agitate, and amplify the voices of those who are working to dismantle capitalism and create a better world.

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What caused the people's revolts? What was society really like in this period? And what were the lasting consequences for working people in Britain? 

John McDonnell explores this area of our history with historians Martin Empson, Ted Vallance and Justine Firnhaber-Baker, and a more recent employer of camp tactics in Climate Camp and Occupy, Joe Ryle. 

• Martin Empson is an author and activist living in Manchester. His book "Kill All the Gentlemen" is a history of class struggle and change in the English countryside. It takes the long view of rural history, tracing the role of rural rebellion and resistance in the development of the modern countryside. Beginning with the 1381 Peasant's Rebellion, it looks at events as wide-ranging as the Pilgrimage of Grace, Robert Kett's Rebellion, Captain Swing, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the rise and fall of agricultural trade unionism. These are put into the context of the development of capitalism and the end of feudalism. 
• Ted Vallance is Professor of early modern British political culture at Roehampton University. His areas of interest include political and religious radicalism (including its subsequent influence and public memory), questions of allegiance/obedience/loyalty, the role of the conscience and the use of casuistry in political debates, and the emergence of the public and public opinion. 
• Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews. Her work focuses on power and politics in both institutional ways (kingship, lordship, communities) and in social relationships and interactions, like wars, revolts, and lawsuits, using archival sources to explore questions about legitimate authority, the conceptual constitution of the community, and the use of violence. 
• Joe Ryle is Campaign Officer for the 4 Day Week Campaign and a political activist who participated in Climate Camp and Occupy.