John Ball preaches at Blackheath
1381 · Event
Sprung from the Archbishop's prison by the Kentish rebels, the hedge-priest John Ball gives the great sermon of the English radical tradition to the host camped above London: 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?' Things will not go well in England, he preaches, until all things are held in common.
On these timelines: The Peasants' Revolt, England, United Kingdom (combined), Master, Arts and Thoughts
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