The Rights of Man · Character
Wat Tyler
Leader of the Peasants' Revolt in England, mentioned as a rebel.
minor
Also known as Tyler
First appearance: part first being an answer to mr burke s attack on the french revolution
Wat Tyler shows up with force in Endnotes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Paine defends Tyler's role in opposing unjust taxation and compares him to the Barons at Runnymede.
Wat Tyler first appears in 0002 part first being an answer to mr burke s attack on the french revolution.
In Endnotes: Paine defends Tyler's role in opposing unjust taxation and compares him to the Barons at Runnymede.
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