Evaluating sources on the Peasants’ Revolt
This lesson is the third part of a four-lesson scheme of work on the Peasants’ Revolt. It is designed to help students understand how historians select evidence to create a convincing narrative and to enable them to assess contemporary sources for themselves in order to make a judgement on the most probable sequence of events.
The other lessons in the series are:
1. The Peasants' Revolt: what was it?
2. Would the Peasants' Revolt have happened without the Black Death?
One of the sources used in the lesson:
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Source A Sir Jean Froissart, writing in 1395. He once worked for the royal family. He did not witness the events himself. Tyler still kept up the conversation with the Mayor. The Mayor replied, ‘I will not live a day unless you pay for your insolence.’ Upon saying which, he drew his sword and struck Tyler such a blow on the head as he felled him. As soon as the rebel was down, he was surrounded on all sides so his own men might not see him. |
