Rodney Hilton's superb account of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 remains a classic and widely read and admired since its first publication. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Phillipp R. Schofield.
Rodney Hilton (1916-2002) was Professor of Medieval Social History at the University of Birmingham, UK, and one of the leading medieval historians of his generation.
"Rodney Hilton is generally recognised as the greatest authority on these topics in the English-speaking world." - The Guardian
"... a titan in the field of medieval economic and social history." - The Economic History Review