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Liberalism didn't even exist.

Masses of commoners were bigot believers in God, Nobles were all powerful in the land and controlled the wealth and military power, the Inquisition and lawyers was striking hard against those who would have preached this kind of sedition.

I don't think - and I am hope that I am right - that it will be ever represented in CK, as it is an inconceivable anachronism.

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I don't know what you're saying exactly, but in 1381, peasants, along with merchants, and lower clergy lead a revolution against the feudal system in England. Manors and churches were attacked. The King was on the verge of being killed.
 
The peasant revolt of 1381 can be seen as another result of the Black Death.

This is also applicable for a lot of other revolts during the same century.

The revolts should occur some time after the Black Death occurs, it is as simple as that.

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Originally posted by Wasa
The peasant revolt of 1381 can be seen as another result of the Black Death.

Well, the last great outbreak of the black death was about 30 years before, so it was a bit of a delayed reaction! In fact, the peasant's revolt was in response to the imposition of a poll tax and the maner in which it was collected. The poll tax may have had its origins in the BD (need to get money after large proportion of tax payers wiped out).
 
Originally posted by Emperor Gupta


Well, the last great outbreak of the black death was about 30 years before, so it was a bit of a delayed reaction! In fact, the peasant's revolt was in response to the imposition of a poll tax and the maner in which it was collected. The poll tax may have had its origins in the BD (need to get money after large proportion of tax payers wiped out).

That was what I meant, the origins of all peasant revolts in that century was the Black Death..;)
 
The poll tax (due to the Black Death) was a catalyst for the revolt, but the basis of it was the reactionary laws passed to undermine the trend towards freedom in the 13th century, which became extremely unpalatable to the feudal lords after the sharp decrease in the number of their serfs (and their income) due to the Black Death.

As for the other thread, almost every important event in the latter half of the 14th century was related to the Black Death in one way or another. That thread is getting way too cluttered. This topic deserves attention by itself.