Riotous pastoral events? (8,6)

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peasants revolt

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'riotous pastoral events?' is the definition.
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'riotous pastoral events?' is the wordplay.
'riotous' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pastoral'+'events'='pastoralevents'
'pastoralevents' with letters rearranged gives 'PEASANTS' REVOLT'.

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(Other definitions for peasants revolt that I've seen before include "rebellion" , "Ordinary folk in protest" , "Rising in June 1381" , "historical uprising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Guardian.

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