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The workmen grew in prosperity, but also they began to rise into a new class, and a class beneath them of mere labourers who were not serfs began to form, and to lay the foundations of capitalistic production. THE WORKMEN GREW IN PROSPERITY BUT ALSO THEY BEGAN TO RISE INTO A NEW CLASS AND A CLASS BENEATH THEM OF MERE LABORERS WHO WERE NOT SERFS BEGAN TO FORM AND TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF CAPITALISTIC PRODUCTION
hts, and therewithal had got strange visions into their heads of a time much better than that in which they lived, when even those rights should be supplanted by a condition of things in which the assertion of rights for any one set of men should no longer be needed, since all men should be free to enjoy the fruits of their own labour. Of that came the great episode of the Peasants’ War, led by men like Wat Tyler, Jack Straw, and John Ball, who indeed, with those they led, suffered for daring to be before their time, for the revolt was put down with cruelty worthy of an Irish landlord or a sweating capitalist of the present day; but, nevertheless, serfdom came to an end in England, if not because of the revolt, yet because of the events that made it, and thereby a death-wound was inflicted on the feudal system. From that time onward the country, passing through the various troubles of a new French war of Henry V.’s time, and the War of the Roses, did not heed these faction fights much. Y HAD ACQUIRED RIGHTS AND THEREWITHAL HAD GOT STRANGE VISIONS INTO THEIR HEADS OF A TIME MUCH BETTER THAN THAT IN WHICH THEY LIVED WHEN EVEN THOSE RIGHTS SHOULD BE SUPPLANTED BY A CONDITION OF THINGS IN WHICH THE ASSERTION OF RIGHTS FOR ANY ONE SET OF MEN SHOULD NO LONGER BE NEEDED SINCE ALL MEN SHOULD BE FREE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THEIR OWN LABOUR OF THAT CAME THE GREAT EPISODE OF THE PEASANTS WAR LED BY MEN LIKE WAT TYLER JACK STRAW AND JOHN BALL WHO INDEED WITH THOSE THEY LED SUFFERED FOR DARING TO BE BEFORE THEIR TIME FOR THE REVOLT WAS PUT DOWN WITH CRUELTY WORTHY OF AN IRISH LANDLORD OR A SWEATING CAPITALIST OF THE PRESENT DAY BUT NEVERTHELESS SERFDOM CAME TO AN END IN ENGLAND IF NOT BECAUSE OF THE REVOLT YET BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT MADE IT AND THEREBY A DEATH WOUND WAS INFLICTED ON THE FEUDAL SYSTEM FROM THAT TIME ONWARD THE COUNTRY PASSING THROUGH THE VARIOUS TROUBLES OF A NEW FRENCH WAR OF HENRY THE FIFTH TIME AND THE WAR OF THE ROSES DID NOT HEED THESE FACTION FIGHTS MUCH
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