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Peasants' Revolt
Peasants' Revolt an uprising in 1381 among the peasant and artisan classes in England, particularly in Kent and Essex. The rebels marched on London, occupying the city and executing unpopular ministers, but after the death of their leader, Wat Tyler, they were persuaded to disperse by Richard I... Read more
Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista , 1802-55, Mexican general and president (1851-53). A royalist in the revolt against Spain, he later joined Agustín de Iturbide. He fought in the Mexican army that tried to put down the Texas revolt (1836). In command of the army in N Mexico in the Mexican War, he was defeated ... Read more
Amasa
Amasa , in the Bible. 1 Cousin of Absalom, with whom he revolted. Later he became David's commander in chief; he was murdered by Joab. 2 Ephraimite chief. ... Read more
Mesha
Mesha , in the Bible. 1 King of Moab contemporary with Ahab. Ahab was his overlord, after whose death Mesha attempted a revolt against Israel. The account of this is inscribed on the Moabite stone . 2 Son of Caleb. ... Read more
Jacquerie
Jacquerie [Fr.,=collection of Jacques, which is, like Jacques Bonhomme, a nickname for the French peasant], 1358, revolt of the French peasantry. The uprising was in part a reaction to widespread poverty during the Hundred Years War. Peasants revolted against the écorcheurs (mercenarie... Read more
Evesham
Evesham , town (1991 pop. 15,069), Worcestershire, W central England, on the Avon River. Evesham is the center of the Vale of Evesham, known for its market gardens. It is also a popular summer resort. Simon de Montfort , leader of the revolt against Henry III, was killed in 1265 during the battle o... Read more
Robert Kett
Robert Kett d. 1549, English rebel. He led an agrarian revolt in 1549 as a protest against the enclosure of common land for sheep grazing. With 16,000 men he blockaded Norwich, but was defeated and executed. ... Read more
Korah
Korah , in the Bible. 1 Levite leader, with Dathan and Abiram, of the unsuccessful revolt in the desert against the exclusive priesthood of the Aaronic family and against the leadership of Moses; the rebels were consumed by fire and earthquake. 2 Levitical family, perhaps descended from 1, t... Read more
Theudas
Theudas , leader of insurgents mentioned by Gamaliel, and probably to be identified with the Theudas who organized a revolt against the Romans when Fadus was procurator of Judea (AD 44-46). He is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and Josephus' Jewish Antiquities. ... Read more
Zealots
Zealots , Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. BC). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of AD 66-73. This term applied to them because of their fervent veneration of the Torah and d... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Revolt"

Palestine Arab Revolt (1936–1939)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PALESTINE ARAB REVOLT (1936 – 1939) Arab revolt in Palestine to resist British support for a Jewish national home. The revolt in Palestine (1936 – 1939) was in many ways the decisive episode in the efforts of the Palestinian...
Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World DUTCH REVOLT (1568 – 1648) DUTCH REVOLT (1568 – 1648). The revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule, also known as the Eighty Years' War, is traditionally said to have begun in June 1568, when the Spanish executed...
Catalonia, Revolt of (1640–1652)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CATALONIA, REVOLT OF (1640 – 1652) CATALONIA, REVOLT OF (1640 – 1652). The Revolt of Catalonia, in which much of what is today eastern Spain revolted against the crown of Philip IV of Spain, was motivated by fiscal...
Comuneros Revolt (1520–1521)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World COMUNEROS REVOLT (1520 – 1521) COMUNEROS REVOLT (1520 – 1521). The Comuneros Revolt was originally fomented by some of the eighteen cities in the crown of Castile represented in the Castilian Cortes. The immediate cause...
Naples, Revolt of (1647)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World NAPLES, REVOLT OF (1647) NAPLES, REVOLT OF (1647). On 7 July 1647 a protest in Naples against a tax...to the rural provinces. The protest initiated a nine-month revolt against the heavy fiscal burdens that had been imposed on the...
Camisard Revolt
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CAMISARD REVOLT CAMISARD REVOLT. The Camisard Revolt (1702 – 1704) began in the remote C é vennes mountains of southern France and spread from there to the plains bordering the cities of Montpellier, N î mes, and Al...
Pugachev Revolt (1773–1775)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PUGACHEV REVOLT (1773 – 1775) PUGACHEV REVOLT (1773 – 1775). Emelian Pugachev (1742...entering the capital and claiming the Russian throne. The revolt itself built on a mutiny of the Yaik Cossacks, begun and...
Pueblo Revolt
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Pueblo Revolt (1680).This uprising against Spanish...Spanish power and benefited some of the revolt's mixed‐blood leaders. Even...the issues and groups involved, view the revolt as a microcosm of sociocultural differences...
revolt of the towns
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History revolt of the towns, or the recusancy revolt, a term used to refer to the re‐establishment of...11 April and 10 May 1603. In Cork this amounted to an armed revolt against George Carew 's provincial presidency . Mountjoy marched...
Arab Revolt (1916)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ARAB REVOLT (1916) Uprising of Arab nationalists...authorities reconsidered the sharif's offer to revolt in return for guarantees of Arab independence...and sparked widespread support for open revolt against the Ottomans. Opposition to the...

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revolt
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...something as having authority: voters may revolt when they realize the cost of the measures...person or body by rebelling: a countrywide revolt against the central government | the peasants rose in revolt. ∎  a refusal to continue...
Pueblo Revolt
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PUEBLO REVOLT PUEBLO REVOLT. After the Spanish established a colony in the Rio Grande valley...in the 1680 rebellion. BIBLIOGRAPHY Knaut, Andrew L. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico...
Peasants' Revolt
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Peasants' Revolt (1381) A social uprising in England...imposition of the POLL TAX of 1380. The revolt drew support from artisans, VILLEINS...reneged on the monarch's promise. The revolt succeeded only as a protest against the...
Abushiri Revolt
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Abushiri Revolt (August 1888–89) An Arab revolt against German traders on the East African coast north...to the Usambara mountains, and to Lake Victoria. The revolt was crushed by the German explorer and administrator Hermann...
Arab Revolt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Arab Revolt (1916) A revolt against Turkish rule in the Middle East. In July 1915 Hussein ibn...support Arab independence once Turkish control had come to an end. The revolt began in June 1916, when an Arab army of some 70,000 men, financed...
student revolt, France
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History student revolt, France (May 1968) Following the explosion in student numbers in previous...support, and the students became increasingly marginalized. Since the revolt was not supported by the one French revolutionary party, the Communist...
Jewish Revolt
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Jewish Revolt A serious nationalist uprising led by the ZEALOTS against Roman rule...held out at MASADA until 73. In 132–35 BAR COCHBA led another revolt, which ended with the sack of Bethar and Cochba's death.
Bear Flag Revolt
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History BEAR FLAG REVOLT BEAR FLAG REVOLT. In the last four years of Mexican rule in California, hundreds of Americans settled in the Sacramento Valley. Tensions rose between the United States and Mexico, and by the winter of 1845 – 1846 war...
Revolt of the Admirals
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Revolt of the Admirals a controvery over the powers of the secretary of defense, in the summer and fall of 1949. Senior navy officers...
Cristero Revolt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Cristero Revolt ( Christers ) (1927–9) A widespread popular rebellion which was largely confined to the Mexican states of Colima...

Thesaurus entries related to "Revolt"

revolt
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus revolt • verb   1. the people revolted synonyms : rebel, rise...rise; informal turn off, gross out. • noun  an armed revolt synonyms : rebellion, revolution, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot...
mutiny
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...was a mutiny over wages synonyms : insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising, insurgence, insubordination. See note...thousands of soldiers mutinied synonyms : rise up, rebel, revolt, riot, disobey/defy authority, be insubordinate.
youthful
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...family). Of all these words, puerile is probably the most insulting, because it is so often used to describe adults who display the immature behavior of a child (a puerile piece of writing; a puerile revolt against his aging parents).
revolution
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English revolution • noun   1. the French Revolution synonyms : rebellion, revolt, insurrection, uprising, rising, insurgence, mutiny, riot, coup, coup d'état.   2. a revolution in...
react
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...2. how did she react on hearing the news? synonyms : behave, act, conduct oneself, proceed, operate, function, cope.   3. react against the new bill synonyms : rebel against, oppose, revolt against, rise up against.
put
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...put her off synonyms : discourage, dissuade, dishearten, distress, dismay, discomfit, daunt, repel, offend, disgust, revolt, sicken, nauseate. put on   1. put on her new suit synonyms : dress in, get dressed in, clothe oneself in, change...
offend
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...offense to, be offensive to, displease, upset, be disagreeable to, put someone off, be distasteful to, repel, disgust, revolt, nauseate; inf. turn someone off.   3. apologize for having offended synonyms : commit a crime, break the law...
nauseate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English nauseate • verb   synonyms : make sick, sicken, make one's gorge rise, turn one's stomach, revolt, disgust, repel, repulse, offend; inf. make someone want to throw up, gross out.
disgust
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English disgust • verb   1. the slimy food disgusted me synonyms : sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach, revolt, repel, cause aversion; inf. turn off.   2. her behavior disgusted me synonyms : offend, outrage, shock, appall...
uprising
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus uprising • noun  the uprising was put down by government forces synonyms : rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, intifada, rioting, riot; civil disobedience, unrest, anarchy, coup...

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Ilocos Sur launches 1807 'basi' revolt.(Provincial News)
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Ilocanos commemorate 200 years of Basi Revolt; The lowly basi is honored and now comes in red, black, blue and white labels...(Tourism)
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Durrell's the Revolt of Aphrodite: Nietzschean influences.(Critical Essay)
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Revolt, She Said
Magazine article from: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...KRISTEVA and SYLVERE LOTRINGER (eds.), Revolt, She Said. New York: Semiotext(e), 2002, 138 p. Revolt, She Said is a collection of three interviews...volume, concerned with the possibility of revolt, defines its subject broadly and reaches...