Title: German Peasants War (1524 – 1525): Reformation Uprising
Headings: German Peasants War (1524 – 1525): Uprising of the Poor
German Peasants War (1524 – 1525): Uprising of the Poor
Agrarian and Urban Poor Waged Class Warfare Against Their Rulers
Context
The Revolt
Twelve Articles of Memmingen
Frankenhausen
Key Figures
Resolution

Content: In this, he encouraged a violent and quick reaction on the part of the ruling classes. After the war was over and the peasants defeated, he then criticized the violence by the rulers and the continued suppression of peasants. Thomas Müntzer or Münzer, another Reformation minister in Germany, supported the peasants, by the early part of 1525 had definitely joined the rebels, and may have consulted with some of their leaders to shape their demands. His vision of a church and the world used images of a small “elect” battling a greater evil to bring good into the world. After the end of the revolt, Luther and other Reformers held up Müntzer as an example of taking the Reformation too far. Among the leaders who defeated Müntzer’s forces at Frankenhausen were Philip of Hesse, John of Saxony, and Henry and George of Saxony. Resolution
As many as 300,000 people took part in the rebellion, and some 100,000 were killed. The peasants won almost none of their demands. The rulers, interpreting the war as a reason for repression, instituted laws that were more repressive than before, and often decided to repress more unconventional forms of religious change, too, thus slowing the progress of the Protestant Reformation. Cite this Article
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