"Bush argues that these revolts were a part of the corrective machinery associated with the society of orders, the purpose of which was to ensure that society abided by its basic ideals\". (117) The rebels of 1381 criticized Robin Hood, yet praised Piers Plowman as a commoner who strives to return society to its proper state. (116-7) Through case studies of this and other revolts, Bush thus demonst" . . . .