{"date":"June 15","id":"06-15","intro":["Led by Wat Tyler in 1381, great troops of villagers and rustics marched on London—laid siege to the Tower—sacked the apartments of the King and murdered his ministers. Froissart gives first-hand information of this rebellion."],"minutes":29,"readings":[{"author":"Jean Froissart","end":72,"start":60,"volume":35,"work":"Wat Tyler’s Rebellion"}],"slug":"june-15","status":"proofread","title":"Strikers Storm the Tower of London","url":"/harvard-classics/june-15/","words":5728}