Title: Where Luther Got It Wrong: The Peasants' Revolt - Way To LEAD
Headings: Where Luther Got It Wrong: The Peasants’ Revolt
Where Luther Got It Wrong: The Peasants’ Revolt
Content: Peasants had less access to common lands for hunting, fishing and gathering firewood. Peasants could be fined or jailed for poaching. Lords could confiscate personal property. When a peasant died, the lord could help himself to the peasant’s belongings. Serfs were the lowest class of feudal Europe. As their situation worsened, the complaints increased and uprisings began to surface. These peasants never envisioned a democratic society or an end to feudalism. They did not call for the termination of serfdom, at first anyway. They simply wanted to return to the fairer practices of antiquity. They wanted access to common lands.