What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381?
Wat Tyler Wat Tyler Walter "Wat" Tyler (died 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He marched a group of rebels from Canterbury to the capital to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. While the brief rebellion enjoyed early success, Tyler was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London. Nothing is known of Wat Tyler's early life. Born with the first name Walter, his original surname was unknown. It is thought that the name "Tyler" comes from his occupation as a roof tiler.
Wat Tyler published until 1813. The first novel to feature Wat Tyler is Mrs O'Neill's "The Bondman: A Story of the Days of Wat Tyler" (1833). He is the protagonist in Pierce Egan the Younger's novel "Wat Tyler, or the Rebellion of 1381" (1841), a highly radical text published at the height of the second phase of the Chartist movement that argued for republican government in England. Egan's novel was subsequently abridged and plagiarised and published as "The Life and Adventures of Wat Tyler: The Good and the Brave" (1851). Wat Tyler is the protagonist of the penny dreadful serial novel "Wat