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Riots and civil disorder in England

  • Peasants' RevoltIn 1348, a plague known as the Black Death crossed from mainland Europe into England. It rapidly killed an estimated 50 percent of the population.
  • Captain SwingOn Saturday night, the 28th of August 1830, in the Elham Valley of Kent, a threshing machine lay in ruins. Rioters had torn it apart under the cover of…
  • Swing RiotsThe name Captain Swing first appeared in a letter dated the 21st of October 1830, published by The Times. This fictitious figurehead signed threatening…