The Peasant Who Walked Into London and Almost Killed a King
Medieval England

The Peasant Who Walked Into London and Almost Killed a King

In 1381, a Kentish tiler named Wat Tyler walked into a parley with Richard II and came within seconds of collapsing the English monarchy.

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