Talk:Popular revolts in late medieval Europe

message: The section on terminology contained a definition of only one word, as of June 28, 2006.  The definition is a generic one, not specific to the topic at hand.  Furthermore, it is redundant: See the more detailed definition at Peasant.  The section has been removed, and should not be recreated.  MrZaiustalk 17:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's relevant to this article. There are historiagraphy issues. -- Stbalbach 04:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Terminology

message: I made a minor edit, but maybe someone else can chip in and help rework some of the sentences that are grammatically shaky and/or difficult to parse.  E.g., "A new attitude emerged in Europe, that "peasant" was a pejorative concept, it was something separate, and seen in a negative light, from those who had wealth and status."  Thanks.  - BLHersey 01:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unlettered babble. A peasant is a peasant. These middle-class anxieties about the designation "peasant" are modern ones. --Wetman 06:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar 

message: I tagged this article with the 'accuracy dispute' template, because I believe it gives a false impression about the causes of medieval rebellions. I've only studied the English rebellions, not those in other countries, but none of them was driven principally by anger about the gap between the rich and poor. The Cornish Rebellion was a tax rebellion; Wyatt's Rebellion, the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Prayer Book Rebellion were principally religious rebellions, although they had dynastic elements as well. This article seems to me to be an attempt to inaccurately impose modern views about wealth on medieval people; where is the proof that any of these rebellions was mainly about a poor-vs-rich dispute? A more neutral approach would recognise that local economic issues, religious disputes resulting from the Reformation, and dynastic rivalries were all more important as causes of medieval rebellion. (Also, let's not forget that many rebellions were not driven by the common people at all, but by the nobles - several of the rebellions against Elizabeth I fall into this category, such as the Revolt of the Northern Lords and Essex's Rebellion.) Terraxos 16:58, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article reflects a standard historical interpretation that can be found in numerous basic textbooks, nothing out of the ordinary or unusual, although certainly the article could be improved and expanded on. The article makes no mention of the rebellions being "mainly" about anything, it is fairly general and seems to show multiple causes in a nuanced manner, given the wide general scope of the article in time and place. Elizabethian era kinda falls on the outside the range here, for England anyway, this is more 14th and 15th century. The gap between rich and poor was very much on the mind of John Ball when he said "when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?" I'm going to remove the disputed tag over the entire article, please be more specific if you can but keep a broader view than just England. -- 71.191.47.120 20:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual accuracy 

message: Should this page have a 'cut-off date' as it were?
I noticed that the amongst others, the Swiss Peasant's War of the 17th century has been added to the list of great rural revolts, but the 17th century has been regarded in nearly every history text book I've read as the early modern period, not the medieveal period.
I think we should not discuss revolts after, let's say 1500 in this page and create a new page exclusively for Early Modern Revolts.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hist student 594 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating 

message: I've added cleanup tags reflecting the general class of issues noted in the discussion above.  This page has unrealized encyclopedic potential, and hopefully the tags will attract the necessary attention.
Michael Robinson (talk) 02:50, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: This article seems to have a very strong Marxist strain. More sources should be added and references to Robert Hinton qualified.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.82.239 (talk) 14:32, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: Religious strife should be listed as a cause of popular revolts. It certainly played a role in many. I would add it myself, but I do not have time to locate sources.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.10.55.11 (talk) 13:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious strife as a cause of revolts