Title: Why did Martin Luther go against the peasants in 1525 | History Forum
Headings: Why did Martin Luther go against the peasants in 1525
Why did Martin Luther go against the peasants in 1525
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Content: He was never truly a man of the people. Luther saw the revolt as threat to the natural social order, and the institutions he valued. He was happy to provide the peasants with God's Word, but when it came to improving their situation in life, he didn't give a toss. Bismarck
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rangiora
Apr 19, 2011
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gaius valerius said: Cause Martin Luther was a man of the establishment. Luther was not a revolutionairy in any way, and NOT a man of the people (!) he was at best a serious reformer of the clergy but had otherwise little ambitions to change the very fabric of society bottom up. The peasants weren't his target group, they were as always the rabble that had to be kept in check. What Luther wanted was 'religious revolution', what happened in the 1520's was abhorring to him: religious revolution was being confused by the stupid peasants as 'social/political revolution'.