![]() ![]() serfdom or villeinage, which was already beginning to wane before the advance of the industrial gilds." In 1884 he had written an article in which he stated that "we need make no mistake about the cause for which Wat Tyler and his worthier associate John Ball fell they were fighting against the fleecing then in fashion, viz. ![]() Morris was also aware of interpretations of the Peasants' Revolt as representing a socialist tradition. Morris draws on Froissart for information on the fourteenth century, but has a different attitude towards the revolting peasants from the chronicler who, Sir Walter Scott once remarked, had "marvelous little sympathy" for the "villain churls." ![]() He is famed for his question "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?" Depiction of the Middle Ages It features the rebel priest John Ball, who was accused of being a Lollard. 300 pp (may change depending on the publisher and the size of the text)Ī Dream of John Ball ( 1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the Great Revolt of 1381, conventionally called "the Peasants' Revolt". ![]()
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