Name: The Red Dagger: Wat Tyler, John Ball, Joanna Ferrour, the 1381 Peasant's Revolt and the City of London's weapo
Start: 2016-04-30T17:00:00+00:00
Location: The Hydra Bookshop

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Date: Sat 30th Apr, 2016

Time: 5:00pm

Venue: The Hydra Bookshop, BS2 0EZ

Price: Free

With: Ciaran Walsh

Series: Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2016

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Section: Events

Subjects: Revolution & Rebellion

Tags: Peasants' Revolt, Wat Tyler

Posted: 01/03/2016 Modified: 15/08/2016

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Live performance of poem by Heathcote Williams

The Red Dagger: the symbol of the City of London’s treachery and oppression, paraded about in plain sight for 700 years; but who noticed?

A live performance of Heathcote Williams’ epic poem depicting the origin of the infamous blade and detailing the depredations of the City of London over the last 650 years.

wat-tyler — Sir William Walworth attaching Wat Tyler, from Chronicles of Jean Froissart.

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