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Dream John Revolt Ball Tale William Morris Describes

Front Dream of John Ball
Back A tale
William Morris
1888
He describes a dream transporting him back to kent during the 1381 Peasent's Revolt

Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the Great Revolt of 1381, conventionally called "the Peasants' Revolt". It features the rebel priest John Ball, who was accused of being a Lollard. He is famed for his question "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"[1]

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