# Wat Tyler — The Rights of Man character guide

> Wat Tyler in The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tyler

**First appearance:** 0002-part-first-being-an-answer-to-mr-burke-s-attack-on-the-french-revolution

## Who they are

Leader of the Peasants' Revolt in England, mentioned as a rebel.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rights_of_man_se/chapters/endnotes)

Paine defends Tyler's role in opposing unjust taxation and compares him to the Barons at Runnymede.

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