Peasant revolt is a term with broad application, typically meaning uprisings of rural or agricultural people against an existing order or establishment. It is most well known in European history, but also has application in the history of other regions of the world, as well as modern day use.

Europe

Main article: Popular revolt in late medieval Europe Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by (typically) peasants in the countryside, or the bourgeois in towns, against nobles and kings during the upheavals of the 14th through early 16th centuries. ...

Peasant revolts in European history were popular uprisings by peasants against their lords and the institution of serfdom, including the 1358 Jacquerie in France, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, the 1524-1526 Peasants' War in Germany and the 1573 Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt. Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow Manorialism or Seigneurialism describes the organization of rural economy and society in medieval western and parts of central Europe, characterised by the vesting of legal and economic... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events Jacquerie. ... The Jacquerie in Froissarts chronicles The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe that took place in northern France in 1358, during the Hundred Years War. ... Events June 12 - Peasants Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath. ... The end of the revolt: Wat Tyler killed by Walworth while Richard II watches, and a second image of Richard addressing the crowd The Peasants Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion or Great Rising of 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Expanding insurgenceis The Peasants War (in German, der Deutsche Bauernkrieg) was a popular revolt in Europe, specifically in the Holy Roman Empire between 1524-1525 and consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite Wars, of a mass of economic as well as religious revolts by peasants, townsfolk and... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... The Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 was a large peasant revolt in Croatia and what is now Slovenia. ...

Elsewhere

The expression is also used to describe other uprisings of agricultural labourers, like the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the 1960s, the Khmer Rouge revolt in Cambodia, and the ongoing Zapatista rebellion in southern Mexico. The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Some of the Khmer Rouge leadership during their period in power. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• rebellion
• civil war