The Great German Peasants' War

The Great German Peasants' War, or the Deutscher Bauernkrieg in German, was a widespread popular revolt in the German-speaking areas of Central Europe, 1524-1526. At its height in the spring and summer of 1525, the conflict involved an estimated 300,000 peasants: contemporary estimates put the dead at 100,000. It consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite Wars, of a series of both economic and religious revolts in which peasants, town-dwellers and nobles participated.

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[Voodoozeko]

I realy would rather see peasants won. But truth is they never had any special goals so feudalism would probably survived and not much would have changed. Anyway in Carinthia there was peasant revolt in 1478. Could have this revolt (via traders) be incentive and infuence for Bundschuh movement and Great German Peasants War???

[DrGull1888]

@Voodoozeko It's of course possible that they were influenced by the peasants' revolt of 1476 but to be true every now and then there were revolting peasants.

[Voodoozeko]

@DrGull1888 What realy facinates me is that there were some knights that lead peasants in this war like Florian Geyer and Gotz von Berlichingen for example. Do you know anything about why they decided to go on peasants side? Did they saw opurtunity to improve their power status throug use of peasant army or was it genuine desire to help peasants?

[DrGull1888]

@Voodoozeko Geyer was an idealist and humanist who thought that the peasants had some justified concerns. He hoped as a pro peasant nobleman to act as honest broker between the peasants on the one side and the nobility and the church on the other. He also hoped to be moderating on both sides. Götz on the other hand was an opportunist. He saw that castles in his neighborhood were plundered and signed a treaty with the peasants. Then they forced him to take military command of their rout.

[Voodoozeko]

@DrGull1888 So Geyer is basicaly the true honest guy.

[DrGull1888]

@Voodoozeko Indeed but glorified were both. Götz by Goethe and Geyer by Gerhart Hauptmann.

[peterhabenichts]

MARTIN LUTHER germany cleaver

[peterhabenichts]

GERMANYS DARKEST TIME

AFTER 1648 WAS GERMANY 200 YEARS DEAD!!!!

[fernandochiarelli]

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i feel strong for any fight