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Jack Cade, an English activist and leader of the 1450 rebellion against the corrupt monarchy of King Henry VI, symbolized the aspirations of the common people for justice and political reform. His rebellion, though ultimately unsuccessful, challenged the entrenched power structures of medieval England and paved the way for future struggles for social and political equality.

"They say that the commons of England would first destroy the king's friends and afterward himself, and then bring the Duke of York to be king so that by their false means and lies they may make him to hate and destroy his friends, and cherish his false traitors."


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