The Rebellion of Jack Cad - the uprising in England in 1450 - 1451 under the leadership of Jack Cad .
History
Uprising in England ; It began in 1450 amid a sharp aggravation of social contradictions caused by the dominance of a group of large feudal lords , which ruled on behalf of Henry VI of Lancaster , and the defeats of the British in the Hundred Years War ( 1337 - 1453 ) with France . An uprising broke out in late May in the Greenwich region ( Kent ) and in June swept the counties of Sussex , Essex , and Surrey . By early July, the number of rebels exceeded 20 thousand people. The main strength of the uprising was the middle and small peasantry, which also adjoined artisans, small merchants, and wage workers. The leadership belonged to representatives of the gentry , prosperous Yeomen and the city elite. The leader of the uprising was a certain Jack (John) Cad (Cade; hence the name of the uprising).
Cad Jack’s uprising program documents called for tax cuts and the eradication of corruption , reform of the court and administration, and the repeal of the “Workers Act . ” Having defeated the royal troops at Sevenox on June 18, the rebel army entered London on July 2. The king was forced to flee the capital. The lower classes, joining the rebels, helped to deal with the most hated people royal officials. The city elite, worried about the attacks on the homes of wealthy merchants, gathered a militia of the workshops, which, with the support of the Tower garrison, ousted the rebels from London on July 5. In the rebel army, confusion began; many, having received letters of pardon, began to disperse home. Cad himself was mortally wounded on July 12 in a battle near Lewis (Sussex). Kad’s death did not stop the movement. In August, the poor again united into several rebel groups led by U. Parminter , who called for the abolition of the feudal system in order to "own everything together." Parminter died in early 1451 . Separate rebel units continued the struggle until 1454 .
Links
- JACK KED AND KENTSKY UPRISING (from the book of C. Poulsen "English rebels")
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- Bogdanova S.V., Kantemirova T.A., Kuznetsov E.V., Uprising in England 1450-1451. led by Jack Cad and William Parminter. Gorky, 1969.
- Lyle N.M., The rebellion of Jack Cade 1450, L., 1950.