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AGE OF REVIVAL

Out of the nine long ages, this is the second age in the history of English Literature.
The age of Revival started in the year 1400 and went on till the year 1550.
This age has witnessed rebellions like –

  • Cade’s rebellion (1400 - 1450)
  • The War of Roses (1455 - 1485)

            Cade’s Rebellion:

  • Uprising against policies of Henry VI
  • Led by Jack Cade, an Irish man of uncertain occupation, living in Kent
  • Cade’s followers mostly comprised of peasants, small land owners, men of property and even some churchmen.
  • Followers of Cade objected forced labor, corrupt courts, seizure of land by nobles, heavy taxation.
  • Cade and his followers defeated a royal army in Kent and entered London where they executed the land treasurer.
  • The royal tropes fought the nobles to a standstill.
  • In an arranged truce Cade presented a list of his demands to royal officials.
  • The officials assured Cade that the demands would be met and Cade in turn handed over a list of his men so that each could receive a royal pardon.
  • However, instead of meeting the demands, Henry VI demanded Cade’s arrest.
  • Alexander, the new sheriff of Kent, followed Cade and caught him. There, Cade was mortally injured and he died on his way back to London.
  • Though Cade died but protest against the government continued even after his death.

  • War of Roses
  • Name given to a series of civil wars between two royal families with rival chains to the throne.
  • War takes its name from the two roses that symbolized the two houses among the English aristocracy – The House of Lancastor, the red rose and The House of York, the white rose.

  • Important writers of this age:
  • Henry Bradshaw
  • George Ashby
  • Robert Henryson
  • John Leleand
  • Thomas Wilson
  • Thomas Watt
  • John Fisher

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