England: Conflict & Upheaval 1337-1381

This resource will support your students as they learn/revise about England in the 14th Century, especially the Hundred Years’ War, the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt.

The resource is specifically for Eduqas GCSE History 1A: England: Conflict & Upheaval 1337-1381. However, it could be used by anybody teaching about England in the 1300s, the Hundred Years’ War, the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt

It includes details on features such as:

• Life in Medieval England
• The feudal system: King, Lords, Church and Peasants
• Villeins and serfdom
• Edward III and the causes of the HYW
• The battles at Crecy and Poitiers
• Tactics used such as the English longbow and chevauchees
• The alliances with Flanders
• The Black Prince
• The arrival and spread of the Black Death
• Types of plague: bubonic and pneumonic
• The short and long term impact of the Black Death
• Causes of the Peasants’ Revolt
• The Poll Tax
• Wat Tyler and John Ball
• Richard II and Smithfield

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