The Peasants War comes back – 500 years later

The Momentous Class Struggle of the German Peasants’ War

The largest revolt in Western Europe prior to the French Revolution was the German Peasants’ War of 1525. This uprising, transpiring five hundred years ago, saw peasants and their political allies seizing upon the radical implications of Martin Luther’s theology in an attempt to undercut the hierarchical social order of early modern Germany. The peasants’ […]

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The Peasants War comes back – 500 years later

This year marks 500 years since the end of the Peasants War in Germany (1524–25). Inspired by Reformation belief the peasants claimed that divine rights provided them with agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. Sadly, the war was lost with some 100,000 peasants slaughtered. Survivors met with reprisals and restrictions and … Continue reading The Peasants War comes back – 500 years later →

The Frankish peasant war is at its peak in 1525. The peasants demand an end to serfdom, a free choice of priests and less taxes. As so-called heaps they pass through the country. More and more brutal attacks on monasteries and bloody conflicts are taking place, according to a press release of the city of Giebelstadt, from which the following information is taken. » read more