15th July 1381, execution by hanging, drawing and quartering of radical English priest John Ball, one of the leaders of the Peasant Revolt alongside Wat Tyler. The years after the Black Death of 1348, had seen socio-economic and political tensions rising after Royal attempts to return the country to pre plague conditions of society and serfdom, and also high taxation to pay for the continuous Hundred Years’ War with France. These factors pushed the survivors who had managed to move into better social conditions, into open rebellion in the same year. Executed in front of Richard II, his head was stuck on a pike on London Bridge, and the quarters of his body were displayed across the country. 16th July 1439, during a further outbreak of Plague in England, during the second pandemic of the Black Death, Henry VI on recommendations of his government banned the ceremonial act of homage, which involved a kiss as a precaution to stop the spread of the deadly outbreak. Fifteenth-century England experienced outbreaks of the plague in 1400, 1405, 1413, 1420, 1427, 1433, 1438, 1457, 1463, 1467, 1471 and 1479, with the last major outbreak occurring in 1665. All art shown is inspired by the history of the Black Death, and is for sale on the website. www.ofgraveconern.com Follow @ofgrave.concern for more tales and original inspired art from history. #blackdeath #wattyler #johnball #peasantrevolt #thepeasantsrevoltof1381 #1381 #14thcentury #14thcenturyhistory #henryvi #15thcentury #15thcenturyhistory #plague #plaguehistory #plagueoutbreak #plaguedoctor #richardii #hundredyearswar #londonbridge #englishhistory #englishhistorynerd #outbreak #pestilence #gothicprints #gothiccandles #historicalillustration #15thcenturystyle #bubonicplague #plaguedoctorart #greatplague #plagueart https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZOm9VlvvB/?utm_medium=tumblr