Sasha’s Reviews > England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381 > Status Update

I didn't realise how widespread the Peasant's Revolt was in 1381 and how many records were destroyed. I had always thought Richard II very brave to confront the rebels at Mile End and Smithfield when he was 14 years old, but really he made stupid promises he had no power to make, worsening a fraught situation. What a bad, bad king he was.