Peasants' War
The Peasants' War (in German, der Deutsche Bauernkrieg) was a popular revolt in Europe, specifically in the Holy Roman Empire between 1524-1526 and consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite Wars, of a mass of economic as well as religious revolts by peasants, townsfolk and nobles. The movement possessed no common programme.
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German - Popular revolt in Europe - Holy Roman Empire - 1524 - 1526 - Bundschuh - Hussite Wars - Peasant - Nobles
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The conflict, which took place mostly in southern, western and central areas of modern Germany but also affected areas in neighbouring modern Switzerland and Austria, involved at its height in the spring and summer of 1525 an estimated 300,000 peasant insurgents: contemporary estimates put the dead at 100,000.
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Germany - Switzerland - Austria - 1525
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Causes of the war |
| ► | Social classes in 16th century Holy German Empire |
| ► | Class Struggle and Reformation |
| ► | Final failure |
| ► | Zwickau prophets and the Peasants' War |
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