Bundschuh revolts

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The Bundschuh revolts were a series of late 15th- and early 16th-century German peasant uprisings protesting feudal oppression and laying ideological groundwork for the later German Peasants’ War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peasant uprising
rebellion in the Holy Roman Empire
revolt
social movement
causeOf heightened fear of peasant rebellion among elites
endTime early 16th century
hasEconomicGoal reduction of dues and tithes
hasEffect laid ideological groundwork for the German Peasants’ War
hasIdeology anti-feudalism
communal rights
social justice
hasLanguage German
hasPart Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1493

Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1502

Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1513

Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1517
hasPoliticalGoal greater local self-government
limitation of seigneurial rights
hasSocialGoal abolition of certain feudal burdens
influenced Peasants’ War
surface form: German Peasants’ War
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
Upper Rhine Plain
surface form: Upper Rhine region

southwestern Germany
mainParticipants peasants
rural commoners
urban poor
motivatedBy demands for legal reforms
demands for tax relief
protest against feudal oppression
resistance to serfdom
opposedBy imperial authorities
princely armies
territorial princes
opposedTo ecclesiastical landlords
feudal lords
local nobility
partOf history of peasant revolts in Europe
relatedTo Peasants’ War
surface form: German Peasants’ War

Reformation-era social unrest
result execution of leaders
failure to achieve immediate structural reforms
suppression of uprisings
startTime late 15th century
symbol Bundschuh (tied peasant shoe)
temporalContext early Reformation era
late Middle Ages

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Peasants’ War chronologicalPredecessor Bundschuh revolts
Bundschuh revolts hasPart Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1493
Bundschuh revolts hasPart Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1502
Bundschuh revolts hasPart Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1513
Bundschuh revolts hasPart Bundschuh revolts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundschuh revolt of 1517
Wendel Hipler movement Bundschuh revolts
this entity surface form: German Peasants’ movement