Rebellion in the Middle Ages: Fight Against the Crown

This medieval history of British rebellion examines how five centuries of uprisings and insurrections helped build the United Kingdom.
Shakespeare's Henry IV lamented 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown'. It was true of that king's reign and of many others before and after. From Hereward the Wake's guerilla war, resisting the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror, through the Anarchy, the murder of Thomas Becket, the rebellions of Henry II's sons, the deposition of Edward II, the ...