Ball, John (1338-1381)

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Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

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Charity and Social Justice, June 11, 1910

Mary A. Byles Maynard to Jane Addams, January 3, 1925

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1338

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1381-07-15

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England

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John Ball was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire in England in 1338. He was a Catholic priest in the region, serving impoverished peasants of the area. Ball's teachings on the equality of man brought him in conflict with the Church, which excommunicated him as a Lollard heretic. He preached to members of the Peasants' Rebellion of 1381, where peasants sought to bring grievances to the King. Ball was captured after the failure of the rebellion and executed in that same year.