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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (66442)	3/9/2015 1:53:17 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

It wasn't a serfs revolt that installed communism in Russia. As for the English peasant's revolt, it failed: ... The royal government and Parliament began to re-establish the normal processes of government after the revolt; as the historian Michael Postan describes, the uprising was in many ways a "passing episode". [233] On 30 June, the King ordered England's serfs to return to their previous conditions of service, and on 2 July the royal charters signed under duress during the rising were formally revoked. [214] Parliament met in November to discuss the events of the year and how best to respond to their challenges. [234] The revolt was blamed on the misconduct of royal officials, who, it was argued, had been excessively greedy and overbearing. [235] The Commons stood behind the existing labour laws, but requested changes in the royal council, which Richard granted. [236] Richard also granted general pardons to those who had executed rebels without due process, to all men who had remained loyal, and to all those who had rebelled – with the exception of the men of Bury St Edmunds, any men who had been involved in the killing of the King's advisers, and those who were still on the run from prison. .......... The institution of serfdom declined after 1381, but primarily for economic rather than political reasons. [246] Rural wages continued to increase, and lords increasingly sold their serfs' freedom in exchange for cash, or converted traditional forms of tenure to new leasehold arrangements. [247] During the 15th century the institution vanished in England.