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: The German elite could also use Roman law, which was increasingly popular in German lands, to enforce their rights. Many peasants found themselves forced to hand over more of their resources to the elite or perform more unpaid labor for their lords. Unlike traditional customs, Roman law made it much easier for German landlords and nobles to demand extra rents and dues. This resulted in the early sixteenth witness an increasing antagonism between the elite and the lower classes. Then there were the unintended consequences of Luther’s attack on the Church hierarchy. 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.