What do you know about the economic situation in England during the Hundred Years War?

What do you know about the economic situation in England during the Hundred Years War? Tell us about Wat Tyler’s rebellion and its meaning.

The Hundred Years War did not help to raise the economic state of the English kingdom. More and more money was required to maintain the garrisons and equipment of the army, so Edward the Third introduced a poll tax of 4 pence per person who reached the age of 14. In 1349, a great plague hit England, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, which for a long time undermined the economic component of English production – the peasantry (first of all, ordinary people died). These events were the catalyst for the revolt of Wat Tyler in 1381, a rural artisan and participant in the Hundred Years War. The rebels followed to London and captured the Tower, demanded a meeting with the king, who was offered to abolish serfdom and hand over the guilty officials to the rebels. The king agreed and issued a decree, but the rebels wanted more, and Tyler went to a new meeting with Richard, where he was killed.