Remember Russia had the effect of ongoing centuries of iron fisted church & noble ruling class oppression, which was to last far down into the 19th century without any change at all. Where we see the first peasant rebellion in England start happening around as early as 1300s, this following tensions piled up after the scourge of Black Death. So the laboring & lower classes were beginning to have a voice, the power of Kings (and Church) began to wain, bills were signed like the Magna Carta that gave some hope & establishment of Common Law.
So what caused such a radical revolution in Russia that exploded with such wrath is directly tied to these extra five centuries pent up frustration of total brutal oppression that erupts finally. And yes, the church was heavily involved all along causing this. Something that could be called a force of God took its course, look at the sweeping power of it, but some prefer to to call it Nature.
Peasants Revolt England en.wikipedia.org
The Peasants' Revolt, also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London. The final trigger for the revolt was the intervention of a royal official, John Bampton, in Essex on 30 May 1381. His attempts to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood ended in a violent confrontation, which rapidly spread across the south-east of the country. A wide spectrum of rural society, including many local artisans and village officials, rose up in protest, burning court records and opening the local gaols. The rebels sought a reduction in taxation, an end to the system of unfree labour known as serfdom and the removal of the King's senior officials and law courts. |
