Title: What was the impact of the German Peasant War (1524-1527) on the Reformation? - DailyHistory.org
Headings: What was the impact of the German Peasant War (1524-1527) on the Reformation?
What was the impact of the German Peasant War (1524-1527) on the Reformation?
The Peasant Wars Origins
The Peasant War
Martin Luther and the Peasants War
Prince’s Reformation
Popular Reformation
Conclusion
References

Content: He has shown to many Germans satisfaction that the Catholic Church's traditional power had only been a social construction and was not sanctioned by God. This was revolutionary. Luther only wanted people to see the Catholic Church as something that was not sanctioned by God. He still believed that the social system in Germany, based on ‘orders’ was pre-ordained by God. Many Protestant pastors, such as Thomas Muntzer and they believed that feudalism and the existing social order could be changed and that God did not ordain it but only designed by the elite for their own advantage and gain. Many educated peasants had also been disappointed with the course of the Reformation and they believed that it did not go far enough and they wanted a more radical church, one that was not hierarchical and dominated by the local notable. The Peasant War
Battle of Frankenhausen
The revolt covered large areas of Europe, and it began in Alsace-Lorraine (now in France) and spread as far west as Austria. It was often led by members of the minor nobility and leading peasants in their communities. The revolts usually began with a symbolic act of defiances, such as refusing to carry out some order or custom. Soon the peasants would begin to arm themselves and formed companies based on local, territorial units.